A word about meritocracy
A lot has been said about open source and how it is a meritocracy. When you hear that, it is easy to assume that it is because the best and top developers are the ones building open source software. That is their merit. But in reality, the meritocracy that is mentioned is basically who is putting in more effort. In open source projects, people that put more work and more focus into the project tend to be the most respected and end up setting the direction of the work.
You may find that this is very positive because it is not about how good you are today that will allow you to join an open source project, but how much effort and focus you are willing to put into it. The more effort you put in, and the more help you provide, the better you become as a professional and a developer.
Every open source project needs lots of help! Many developers only think about helping by writing code and becoming a committer of the project. But open source projects...
