Make 10 Meaningful Open-Source Contributions
16 weeks · 3 milestones
Have at least 10 meaningful contributions (code, docs, or issues resolved) merged into open-source repositories. Proof: 10 merged PR or accepted contribution links.
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Make 3 meaningful contributions to open-source projects and have them merged or accepted. 'Meaningful' means each contribution fixes a real bug, adds real documentation, resolves a real issue, or improves real code — not trivial formatting-only changes, not adding a single blank line, not fixing a typo in a README that nobody would have noticed. The GOVERNANCE framing here is important: open-source contribution is a public leadership act — your changes become part of a project that others depend on, without any employer, salary, or institutional authority prompting you.
Proof required
Share the direct GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket URLs of 3 merged pull requests or accepted contributions. For each, write one sentence explaining what the contribution changed and why it mattered to the project.
What gets checked
- All 3 contributions are merged or accepted — open PRs do not count.
- Each contribution is substantive: more than a one-word typo fix or whitespace change — the project maintainer's decision to merge it is the primary signal, but trivial changes are still excluded.
- At least 2 of the 3 contributions are to repositories you did not create yourself.
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