The latest articles on DEV Community by Dheeraj Yadav (@dheerajydv19). https://dev.to/dheerajydv19 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1165648%2Fcae17309-4d1d-4991-a2cc-f4737ee06a10.jpeg https://dev.to/dheerajydv19 en Dheeraj Yadav Thu, 26 Oct 2023 04:02:52 +0000 https://dev.to/dheerajydv19/placeholder-contributor-53li https://dev.to/dheerajydv19/placeholder-contributor-53li <h3> Intro </h3> <p>Hi everyone, myself Dheeraj, a professional content creator in cybersecurity. This was my first time to participate in Hacktoberfeset.</p> <p>The biggest project was to find a GitHub repo that has some projects as per my skill set and that accept pull requests within a day. It takes me two hours to figure out in which repos, I shall contribute too. Most of the repos require high-level coding while the simple ones do not have any project instead they just ask one liner changes, so there is always a risk that these newly created repos may get excluded. But after giving it two hours, I was able to figure out this.</p> <h3> Growth </h3> <p>I haven't made any contribution to any GitHub repository. My journey as a contributor started with Hacktoberfest. I have made a lot of contributions in writing and documentation. Still, coding was always a kind of fear for me, which I have overcome now and credit for that goes to Hacktoberfest and all other supported organizations. Now, I believe that it's necessary to first master coding and then do some projects or open-source contributions, you can do this while learning also.</p> hack23contributor