Why is Open Source more important than IIT (My Story)

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In this video, Harkirat shares his journey into open source
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[@abhayphanse9509]

There is always a feeling of superior complex that we as viewers sometime associate to tech giga chads like harkirat , but there is always a slow and steady journey to the top which is very difficult to contextualize on youtube. Stay grinding , we all can do this

[@jainilmodi3704]

Very well said bro✅

[@Himang_02]

Bhaiya we need a full playlist on open source contributions. And how to approach someone in community.

[@prajnapahari8909]

Exactly

[@anshumanp74]

Thats basically how u communicate with people bro just treat others as humans why u want a strategy to talk with someone they not ur crush just chill, also don't focus just on open source programs do os contributions regardless

[@atroxxgaming4738]

​@@anshumanp74 finally someone understands

[@Anandharajan.a]

Yes need a one.

[@GoodVibes9988]

@@anshumanp74what is os contributions?

[@manjeetverma5108]

I am from tier 3 college, working in a startup. I had no idea about this open source contributions, I heard it once with one of my friend , I used to think it as a very tough thing to do. But as you showed in this video it seemed way more easy than what I do everyday in my company. Thanks for removing my fear for open source contribution 😅

[@atarii.]

im so set on this, i cannot thank you, apoorv and kunal enough. ive never felt this sort of emotion before. i look forward to waking up everyday and learn something new, dive in head first into the world of software development and gain a new skillset. thank you.

[@godson200]

See i know coding is good and all. It earns you good money and stuff. But sometimes I would just like to take a pause and think critically about what you are actually saying.. "I look forward to waking up everyday and learn something new, five in head first into the world of sde and gain a new skillset". This sentence intrigued me. Like for some people, the sole interest of their life is to just keep on learning about new stuff and keep on being endlessly stuck in the loop of learning. And they enjoy that, but at the same time they don't have any life. Real life interaction skills of such people must have been really low. And seriously how does one develop the attitude to just keep on going in an infinite number possible languages, and infinitely many existing problems, just to keep on doing things without knowing any end goal. Doesn't that make life meaningless if one doesn't know the end goal to what they are doing? Yeah right now you must be in your 20s, but just think about will this same attitude be present in your 30s? Or 40s?

[@atarii.]

@@godson200 i wont be coding when im 30, ill tone it down and become a freelancer :3 Im 18 rn, life doesn't always have to be so fast paced. My primary monetary goals are to pay off my parents' debts and start saving. Thats it. It doesn't have to be an infinite loop. I want to actually live life. But i dont have any interest whatsoever to do that in my 20s, maybe im different idk :p Also yea im just heavily heavily into tech, anything tech is intriguing to me, maybe its a recently developed love for it and i truly dont know how long ill keep it sustained but ey, life happens, people change. 🤷🏽‍♂️ Curious to see where it leads me. Have an amazing day

[@neutron417]

Same bro❤️

[@mindlessconquer5710]

Don't be a PW student 😅

[@atarii.]

@@mindlessconquer5710 ?? Who said anything ab PW ☠️

[@farhan-momin]

Glad that i found your channel, we really needed a superhero like you!

[@yourlinuxguy]

You are really pushing this OS things hard. Thanks.

[@hammadahamed4539]

Man, You keep making realise how muchhhhhhhhh cool stuffs i could have done in my college days. Catching up, better late than never. Thanks buddy ! for such contents. Hope to know you one day

[@The-solo]

Hey harkirat, this is one of the most Impactful and needed video on your channel. It's really motivational for someone like me who know bunch of things But haven't dived deeper into the coding. This year I'm starting my college journey as 23 years old and will get into CS cause that's what I want to do, even If it's a tire 3 college I think it will help me, cause I had to drop out of a tire 2 college due to covid and last 4 years were extremely brutal. But this might be a good start to my journey into open source. I loved this video and my confidence after this is📈, hoping for more of such content.

[@marneninagavenkat7149]

All the best!!

[@The-solo]

@@marneninagavenkat7149 Tysm.

[@aashisingh5201]

i was insecure of getting into college as a 19 year old as i took a drop but your comment really motivated me......thank you so much.....wish u all the best✨

[@The-solo]

@@aashisingh5201 you're welcome, and Thnx to you too.

[@priyankamohanty6206]

All thanks to you, I started my open source journey and honestly watching your videos actually motivate me and give a certain sense of direction on how I can navigate better.

[@ShivayGarg]

How you started like i currently know java and some DSA, Am i can be in the same queue

[@Shivamkumar-dg4rm]

Hlo Priyanka.....how you started? Can you guide me plz I'm new in this field but wants a good open source coder.🙂

[@devarora5062]

Glad you posted this video, I request you to make a playlist on that.Very helpful!🤘🙌

[@deveshpareek1043]

le me having jee mains on 11 april,,and i watching this video even if i am not understanding a lot of stuffs he istalking about,,but listening to him generates a interest of coding in my brain😂😂,,,wish me luck bhaiya for jee mains😁

[@mysteriostark]

same bhai😂😂😂

[@ClearHearth]

meri ho gayi 6 ko

[@adityapratap1889]

Mera bhi 11 ko hai Aur same situation hai.

[@uditraj5729]

Kitne aaye bro? Did you match answers with provisional key?

[@deveshpareek1043]

@@uditraj5729 170

[@faheemuddinnaseem6942]

This video is very helpful for me personally. Thanks,Harkirat Sir

[@mrdeveloper16]

❤❤❤❤was looking for this type of conversation only. Thanks ❤❤

[@rohankute4255]

Harkirat Bhai I saw your backpacks repo commits. Your work ethic is rare and cannot be matched by 95% of people watching this video.

[@csstudent-W8]

All of uss are student mostly from low tier college so stop usless comparison plzzz😊

[@rohankute4255]

@@csstudent-W8 It is not comparison. I didn't say he has 160 IQ. I said about work ethic which is in our control. With this work ethic one can be successful without any formal education.

[@csstudent-W8]

@@rohankute4255 bhai agar video dekhne walo ke work ethics isse better ya iske equal bhi hote toh hum log iske video kyu dekhte 🤔🤔🤔 you can say in industry better then most of people and other thing but comparing a creator from viewer is no point

[@rohankute4255]

@@csstudent-W8 i just pointed out the plain fact. Didn't compare anyone. And I count myself in that 95%.

[@hemalpatel3770]

@@rohankute4255 ofc you have to count urself. got any other choice? :D

[@ipsb]

I've worked as a collaborator of the Public APIs project and it was a great experience. All the fellow collaborators were very humble and I've also experienced the same in other open source projects as well. This is one of the most beautiful things about open source IMHO.

[@akshay7801]

Thank you bhaiya your video's are motivating me . I am in college in final year . I really appreciate you ✨✨.

[@hemanfree4710]

Same here I'm also in final year

[@___heman.6003]

Thankyou for your opensource-contents 😇🍉

[@its_SR07]

Amazingly good!!

[@filzasiddiqui9737]

It was great watching your video. I am currently in first year. recently made my first contribution . although it was dumb contribution and I managed to get it merged with the code. your videos are very inspiring and informative. Hoping to gain more guidance from you in open source

[@HimanshuSharma-ne1km]

You are my ideal ! I like to want became at you ! You give us motivation Thank you ❤

[@egm5081]

nice video, thanks man

[@dragonwaesel0049]

I have a question, when we are starting should we only focus on 2 or 3 organization and try to solve their good first issues or to get familiar with open source contribution, we try to solve any good first issue and don't really focus on just few organisations

[@Abhi-qi6wm]

I did GSoC in my 3rd year and was lucky enough to get in through my first try. After that though, a company I was contributing to (apart from GSoC) kinda led me on and then at the end said that they wouldn't be able to hire from IN. Long story short, I'm in my 4th year now and I'm interviewing at a bunch of diff IN startups. So although my initial plan was to get into remote work at foreign orgs straight from college, I couldn't. I won't let this stop me though as I've learnt from my past experiences and have made a list of companies that do hire globally remote and I'll work on their oss projects. Also, your content is really helpful as you talk a lot about the nuances around actually getiing a remote job and hence, thanks.

[@smartsoothing776]

Hey bro..If you wish to help me.. Can you share the list of companies that you have prepared to hire globally.

[@EDITISM2004]

Bro whatt happend now are u placed in remote job? Pls reply

[@mysenigteriocryight546]

I am also from an IIT. The fact that Harkirat was working at Goldman and had interned at Mozilla ( both of which are only possible when you are from top IIT's especially Cse) strengthen you resume considerably. Companies value experience. He dosen't mention these things when talking about securing big remote offers, but these things play a huge role. When you have a big company like Goldman in your resume, you will most certainly be preferred over other people who might be better devs than you, not to forget that he is CSE grad from IIT R.

[@DK-ox7ze]

Do a video for experienced senior folks as well. How to best utilize skills for open source contribution in order to secure a good remote job.

[@thanushkrishna2041]

That was nice one, thanks @harkirat. Could you make 2 or 3 videos on choosing the project and fixing the issues... I'm stuck in this phase i have gone through numerous projects and issues not able to find or approach any issues which I feel I can do it!! It would be of tremendous help if you show us...

[@vishalsinghpanwar2972]

facing same issue..

[@panwar2001]

Inspiring dude

[@knowledgeguru771]

Awesome 👍

[@sohansingh2022]

Took Non CSE in top IIT. And every Remote employer wants BS CS 😅. Sometimes luck is just against you me 😂

[@harsh1294x]

I though degree didn't matter in remote work?

[@neutron417]

Lol same bro,college ki padhai me boht time waste hota hai,should have taken CS in some tier 2 college

[@godson200]

@@neutron417 us hai bhay but let's see this is reality toh kya kar sakte h

[@sujantkumarkv5498]

Hey I think no.... They don't need your major as far as I have seen...

[@user-dx2tb6zt1c]

Really!? Which year are you in? I thought being in top IIT gives you more exposure and opportunities irrespective of your branch, if you could go back in time what would you choose then according to your experience?

[@sarthaksharma3188]

Thanks ❤

[@VISHWA2Allinoneindia]

Truly agree with you

[@mix_mash3703]

please make a video tutorial on how to contribute , find repo , and best projects which does matter to contribute as a beginner . You really make me inspire to get start into open source but i don't know how to do all the bove mentioned things .

[@harshitdubey238]

Can you create a full video on how to approach to mentors. We don’t know how to connect to mentors even how to choose a project. How will mentors help us to contribute.

[@ratneshchouhan8766]

@HarkiratSingh Hey, I hv 1 thng to suggest here, if you could desribe the miniamum set of technology stack to learn to start open source contribution it would be really gr8 or JS and TS are the default to go for, Also when you are selecting projects in GSOC to contribute do u suggest JS will be the easiest to start??

[@whocares7557]

Obsessed with your content, great work ❤ Can you also make a video on Bug Bounties please?

[@Shadabkhan-sn7hw]

Hey Harkirat. You made videos about opensource mainly on GSoC. Make a video of other alternative to GSoC, which can provide similar opportunities for the opensource enthusiasts.

[@shreshthamodi3955]

Former gsoc developer here! You'll have luck finding grants ( I know igalia, Mozilla and Linux foundation does them) , outreachy is also a great way to get into the world of open source. The xorg foundation also has grants if you're into Linux kernel development. Goodluck!

[@Harshvardhan_Tiwari]

Amazing video Harkirat. Can you guide what are the opportunities present for a final year student or a graduate in open source? Considering they haven't contributed to an org, just pushed some personal projects.

[@mansi3042]

same situation

[@utkarshsingh5907]

Same

[@dxerstudio3560]

Same

[@vishalsinghpanwar2972]

same

[@DVS1511]

Your videos are great!! but I have one question like how you learned this many things and actually the main thing from where do you learned it back in the time when there was not more resource available, because while contributing we at least need to know something about the thing we are contributing to.

[@Madiha456]

Please bro mention the programming languages along the codes you are explaining, which lanaguages are you using??

[@balajiganesh4246]

I see you began to code/contribute right from college where you had all the time in your side. How can a working React/Node developer like me who works 12hrs/day in Big tech, contribute/learn those vital additional skills like AWS, Docker and make the cut to remote jobs? Should I be doing an MS to buy time?

[@alidemir8588]

thank you

[@shashankshetk]

Please make more videos on how to get started with open source contributions, to be specific on how to communicate with the project maintainers, this would be really helpful, thank you so much for all your informative videos, they are really awesome

[@Thomas17_]

What about working professionals who are looking for a growth in their Career like me. Contributing to open source help them??

[@hemalpatel3770]

same here trying to find some repo/issues to contribute as per my skills. but it's mess In my head. Dont know what to Do. :(

[@godson200]

I'm sorry but i just hate the system of all this growth and career things. you are literally willing to do anything just to add a few lines in ur CV which will count as some kind of experience, when clearly from ur tone it appears as if you aren't interested 100% in it. I mean why get stuck in this loop of doing what someone else told you to do for societal validation coz that is what is going on in short

[@Thomas17_]

@@godson200 Do you have any better plan?? Every where i am getting rejections due to the lack of a strong resume and a CS degree. Sometimes we have to do something that stands us out from the crowd!!

[@godson200]

@@Thomas17_ yes i have a better plan. Don't get into cse. Clearly this system is not something anyone would be interested. Nobody is interested in making random projects(copied from GitHub) and updating then to avoid plagiarism. Doing all these meaningless stuff which adds literally zero value to your own life, except the fact that there is good money here. I would just say don't get into this rat race and lose your individuality in this process and become a corporate slave with no mind and decision making of its own. Don't be that way. Do something for yourself. Maybe become a teacher, or something else

[@instatrenz4106]

Bro make a video on AI taking over job in upcoming years.ITS A BIG REQUEST.many are afriad of it.Pls do consider

[@arman_shekh97]

You are only the person who are not talking about DSA , you are great sir

[@indiathegreat4886]

One is Kunal Kushwaha. He is also great

[@khalilk3189]

keep uploading more open source content

[@LuciFeR_FTW]

Which tech stack is preferable? And which tech stack have you used ?

[@akaashvakharia6233]

You can make your own startup

[@jordanb9363]

Please do live 1hr / however long stream of real-time contributing solving issues in OS

[@aryangavale4878]

do we have to download the whole code in our pc to change code and then make a request to the open source, or can we edit it in the github itself?

[@saurabhpatil9348]

Hi Harkirat, My question is should I wait for the Issue to be assigned to me or just solve the issue and create a pull request ?

[@kshitizgoel5244]

I'm working on Angular from last 8 month in a big MNC....I've started feeling confident enough in it , But at the same time I feel , I won't be able to (Resolve Major Bug) or (Add Major complex feature) in my web app project, Currently , I'm confused in between should I start learning Backend( SpringBoot ) aswell .....So that I'll become a Full stack developer , And then I can work on more [open source/Freelancing] projects or should I improve my current Frontend skills Feel free to answer my query , It'll be a great help to me 😇

[@swayamkediavlogs1787]

Dude shift to react. As you are in angular you are able to see so many bugss. JUST TRY REACT. AND SHIFT TO IT.

[@spiritualcontent763]

@@swayamkediavlogs1787 Big mnc hardly uses React, mostly uses typescript and angular. Startups and some good companies uses React

[@guptabhishek]

Which monitor stand is that and are you happy with it?

[@bad_gentlemen]

Tell us how to be proficient in web3 and blockchain

[@lordjenis7358]

make video on how to use ChatGPT for open source contributing and learning to code !

[@surya_683]

Need a video on Roadmap for FullStackDeveloper.Thank you

[@gauravpunera3256]

What's the other option rather than doing open source and get a remote job please tell

[@ARUNRAWAT-rh5ks]

pls a one short video for working professionals to start open source.

[@john_doe_2231]

I am a first year student starting DSA right now. i wanted to know if the kind of coding done in DSA/CP is different from the kind of coding done in Dev/open source. If i am not that good at DSA does that mean will struggle in Dev/Open source as well ?

[@neutron417]

Lol they both are very different

[@john_doe_2231]

@@neutron417 can u explain how ?

[@neutron417]

@@john_doe_2231 on CP you work on some very specific implementation of a algorithm in a problem in the best possible way with speed+efficiency, while in development you focus on building stuff by applying that logic to build real projects and may not go deep into algorithm,you wanna write more clean and reusable code

[@proudgadwali144]

Bhai pr bhai open source me toh bhot sare gnre aate hain Tum DSA related me bhi contribute kr skte ho

[@john_doe_2231]

@@neutron417 thanks for the insights

[@rise6813]

What technology on the web development should be learned to contribute as a fresher

[@ansari123456789]

Hi harkirat, how r u, I am very impressed by your videos and they are a great source of inspiration, I am from a non it background, pursuing full stack course, which is about to get finish then probably move to blockchain path. I would really like to meet you and get the inspiration directly from you. Also I am 35 years old n very late in coding, plz help me and let me know if we can meet. Awaiting your positive response

[@Diljitsingh23311]

Just a one question please answer it Don't you think with the help of chatgpt and other ai sites it would be easy for everyone to crack gsoc ?

[@Himanshu-pe5ob]

plz instruct from start, from where in gsoc to github we reached and all other steps. And one more thing, as google has terminated many of its competitive coding contests, is gsoc also terminated is it still there?

[@krishnakondupalli4189]

Please post a video for experienced folks as well.

[@AlayDhagia]

From IIT to competitive programming to open source, these youtubers are creating more and more JEEs

[@iamgroot.1466]

JEEs?

[@aryanmishra9946]

well the selection ratio in open source would be much much better than IITs

[@MetaDude]

@@iamgroot.1466 he meant increasing the competition and making it a rat race

[@iamgroot.1466]

@@MetaDude let's be honest, if it was not for these youtubers, you never would have even heard of open source.

[@ronakrajrauniyar3211]

Can you make vidoes about your web3 contributions, the ones you referred to in the last video. I've coding solana and rust recently and wanted to get in to the space to work now sooo...

[@shortsplzz5730]

Make Video On Machine requirements or Laptop buying Guide For Web 3 Development

[@suryathink]

How to find projects to contribute which matches my Skill ?

[@ArjunGupta-dj7ot]

Which company's moniter you used in this video?

[@siddarthsaha5364]

you are like the only IITian who is passionate about development on youtube

[@undergroundtraininindia]

What about Code with Harry.

[@siddarthsaha5364]

@@undergroundtraininindia i didn’t know he was an alumni

[@advaithmahendrakar]

Bhai suggest some personal project ideas... Should I make the project in the respective language which will be useful for GSOC??

[@manikanta2000]

Is gsoc helpful for working professionals?

[@neeraj-mp3mh]

But I believe that the environment of iit helped you one-way or another to achieve what you are doing today. So can't compare iit experience with anything.

[@arinroday302]

How does the google summer of code process work? What to do after registering on their website. How to select projects with the technologies you know.

[@debasishpati8064]

Hi Bro, I am from testing background currently though I have experience but I am learning about Programming and coding from scratch … can I able to apply for GSoc

[@lakshay22]

I'm a working professional looking for some open-source projects, mainly in Javascript, to contribute. Can you explain how you find the projects?

[@prasoonmahawar4657]

Hi, I started watching your web3 tutorial Playlist cab you add more tutorials vidoe in it. Thanks

[@mdkaifansari8088]

Please craete a video on "how to start open source contribution as a begineer ?"

[@deepaksharma69]

As a Freelancer, do you get the projects through Upwork?

[@shahpranshu27]

Bhaiya I have a question, like how can we understand what contribution to do in what project, what changes to make in a project? To be frank, i didn't quite understood what all changes you made in your contributions.

[@ashraf7172]

How can we contribute in open source other than in development. Like I love deep learning and data engineering concepts How to contribute in that field

[@sahilpatil7169]

Pls tell step by step what is open source and how to contribute?

[@kiranpharma3545]

Sir kindly suggest,,, what a first year cse student should do to start contributing to open source,,,, like what should I learn first java,python,,, etc. Or prerequisite to enter in open source,, and what resource u used during your college time,,, did college teach this to u Or u used some other platforms to learn this????? Plz 🙏🙏🙏 it's a request from a noob 2023 cse student to a pro like u.. 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@shoaib3103]

Yeah, I just gave recruitment test for sds labs on quizio😮

[@abhigujjar7439]

Any other open source one can contribute, apart from gsoc?

[@hrishiquemunshi4690]

Jo contribution kiye the voh backend m the ya front and ya smart contracts, I've heard ki startups m zyada smart contracts wala kaam they get it done by senior engineer, so how can I get into any company, I'm currently learning solidity.

[@hrishiquemunshi4690]

And also making some projects on top of it

[@genshincommissionsdaily7070]

here I am having problem just setting up the path and stuffs to actually start coding. My VS code luck is pretty bad.

[@mann_36]

Change theme one dark pro darker theme

[@adityamaheshwari4250]

how woud you have managed college end sem exams then ? pls share.

[@nikhilgautam839]

i m in 3rd sem of btech CSE i recently started contribution can i be able to join an open source organization??

[@AbdulRehman-il8yw]

How much time in a day should one person spent on contributing to open source? I have only 1 hour left max i can spend 1.5 hour on this due to my jectic schedule. I don't think it is enough... Advice from your side.

[@alwaysahad]

Please please please continue the web3 series!!!

[@rockingbadshah1848]

What you did btw 1 and 2nd year and 2nd and 3rd year Where to contribute

[@pushparai9937]

Mera ek doubt hai what skills i should learn so that I can contribute in open source project. What about Full stack developer ??

[@cryptogyan9894]

What you suggest or recommned is that PPL whose have more than 14 plus of experience in development. Not make any single open source contribution

[@ahirhiten8262]

Can you share some knowledge about which open source company should I pick up as begginer.

[@balkishanbajpay5753]

can you plz make a video on how to choose an open source contribution event as a fresher because there a lot of competitions that are organised by different organisations .

[@lakshaysharma6550]

How to find open source organizations on github to contribute to.🤷‍♂

[@shabazansari2597]

Do I need to know DSA for making projects for 9 months to get prepared?

[@Lyricopedia_official]

🤓🤓🤓

[@fakegmail3051]

could you share your journey to CM on codeforces in just 300 question solved because along with the open source work how did you managed to do it because few months later internship season will start