Have you ever wished your company was moving faster with developing new solutions? Or, that maintaining software wasn't such a huge burden?

In this My Open Source Experience podcast episode Ildiko and Phil are talking to Wayne Starr. Wayne shares his experiences, related to open source throughout his career up until today. From discovering FOSS as a kid, through working for the U.S. Air Force to joining Defense Unicorns for the specific reason of working on open source software full time, which has been allowing him and his company to move faster, produce more reliable solutions and share knowledge more efficiently, all at the same time.

Using open source software is a great first step, but to gain all the benefits, one has to invest and get involved in the projects. Wayne shares tips and tricks on

- how to advocate within your company for investing in and contributing to open source projects,

- what to do when you face greater resistance than what you think you can handle

- how to build and advocate for an open source project

and more!

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