<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Career on Percona Community</title><link>https://percona.community/talk_tags/career/</link><description>Recent content in Career on Percona Community</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><copyright>© Percona Community. MySQL, InnoDB, MariaDB and MongoDB are trademarks of their respective owners.</copyright><atom:link href="https://percona.community/talk_tags/career/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Commit to Your Career: Getting Started in Open Source</title><link>https://percona.community/talks/2026/2026-06-22-commit-to-your-career-getting-started-in-open-source/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://percona.community/talks/2026/2026-06-22-commit-to-your-career-getting-started-in-open-source/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="abstract">Abstract&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>A practical session for students starting out in tech. Evgeniy Patlan walked through where to find a first open source project, what counts as a useful contribution, and how that work reads on a resume when you are beginning your career. He drew on his own path from build engineering to leading a release team while staying active in Chernihiv — local conferences, course updates with the university, and student events.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>