The speaker, a high school student involved in Kubernetes and CloudNative, shares their perspective on open source and motivates the audience to contribute to the CloudNative ecosystem and open-source software in general.
- Open source can be intimidating, but finding your motivation to contribute can help
- Open source is about learning, teaching, mentorship, feedback, and networking
- Kubernetes and CNCF are great avenues to start your open source journey
- Opinionated tips include not being afraid to ask, giving back, and it's okay to not know everything