Summary of "Step by Step: Dapat Kerja Remote Web/Software Developer"

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Leverage open-source contributions to build a remote-job-oriented portfolio
- The recommendation is to start by choosing an open-source project that matches the developer’s interests and stack.
- Work should focus on the project’s issue tracker—including bugs, requested features, and improvements.
- Ecosystems mentioned:
  - WordPress
  - React
  - Vue (spelled “View” in subtitles)
  - CSS frameworks (example: Tailwind CSS)
Use issue resolution as practical “proof of skill”
- The strategy is to actively resolve many GitHub issues/tickets.
- The idea is that this can form a strong portfolio because it demonstrates real code and problem-solving.
- WordPress example: thousands of user-reported issues/features—potentially enabling a contributor to handle dozens to hundreds depending on time and pace.
Impact-scale argument
- Example claim: core contributors (e.g., to React) may write code used by millions globally.
- This raises the question of why companies wouldn’t hire developers who contribute at that scale.
Collaboration as a major learning/output
- Contributing to open source is framed not only as building “skills,” but also as gaining experience in collaboration—working with many contributors, maintaining code quality, and coordinating within a large community.
Networking benefits
- Contributing to a large project like WordPress (used by a large share of websites) can expose contributors to hundreds or thousands of people, potentially leading to contacts and opportunities.