Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 17:50): Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 17:50):Hey, I am Swastik Baranwal who is an active open-source developer who organizes meetups, and volunteers for several conferences and developer groups. In this thread I would like to tell the current FOSS scenario.
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 17:55):Nowadays people are getting into FOSS for the luxury of earning good money, fame, flexing etc and bragging about stuff which they haven't done much. There are many spam PRs by many people so their PR count increases and brag about how many PRs they have got merged. People work with the community aspect of open source which is no-code or low-code then give talks on how to get started with Git and GitHub, Open Source for Beginners etc.
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 17:59):Many people are going with the competitive mindset of JEE and spoiling beginner open-source programs by increasing competition and not being fair. Youtubers and other edu tech companies selling courses on FOSS and prompting Open Source just for a source of income by which many people are getting into it and fighting with other contributors on picking up that issue and battling between code reviews.
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 18:00):Due to this many conferences and meetups have been affected and the quality of crowd and talks have decreased a lot because they haven't done that because it is not in the "course" which they bought for.
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 18:02):Web 3 Meetups are emerging in India and attracting the youth by giving away good money, quality swags and foods then make them work in their own technology, also not letting them explore other techs.
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 18:03):People new in tech think that Web 3 meetups are normal and expect the same from other local meetup which decreases the amount of interested people and by giving FOMO to the ones working there.
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 18:09):Some people will even go as far as faking their open-source contributions to get that frame and fake it until they make it. Eg: I know someone who has faked his GSoC certificate to get that fame and have a better chance of getting shortlisted for conferences, jobs, scholarships etc.
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 18:10):Thus, open source is nothing but a status game for Indians. Thankfully few people do FOSS for love and passion.
Srid (Dec 08 2023 at 18:21):Swastik Baranwal said:
Due to this many conferences and meetups have been affected and the quality of crowd and talks have decreased a lot because they haven't done that because it is not in the "course" which they bought for.
Is this (occurs monthly) a good representative of those meetups?
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 18:23):Srid said:
Swastik Baranwal said:
Due to this many conferences and meetups have been affected and the quality of crowd and talks have decreased a lot because they haven't done that because it is not in the "course" which they bought for.
Is this (occurs monthly) a good representative of those meetups?
No FOSS United Bangalore has a quality audience and speakers. FOSS United people are an exception.
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 08 2023 at 18:26):I also try my best to get quality speakers and audience in FOSS United Delhi
Shivaraj B H (Dec 09 2023 at 13:18):I am from Bangalore, I will try attending some of their next upcoming meetups
Swastik Baranwal (Dec 09 2023 at 15:01):Sure! Their meetups are pretty good
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