In a world increasingly shaped by technology, open source software has a critical role to play in ensuring a better future. Participating in open source can be a career-enhancing and brand-enhancing activity for individuals and organizations. But open source is too important for engagement to stop there.
Rich Trott is a maintainer of Node.js and a member of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee. He works at the University of California, San Francisco. When not creating software, Rich writes rock operas and makes pizzas.