Fueling innovative software
July 15-18, 2019
Portland, OR
Mike Jang

Mike Jang
Senior Technical Writer, GitLab

Website | @theMikeJang

Mike Jang is a Senior Technical Writer for GitLab, where he documents how deployers can [manage](https://about.gitlab.com/product/#manage) their DevOps flows.

To figure out what to write, Mike spends much of his time analyzing and testing new software. He also leads the Write the Docs meetup team. Write the Docs is a global community of people who care about software documentation. With 45 meetups in 11 different time zones, Mike has focused on documenting best practices and helping meetup leaders help each other.

Mike has written a couple of dozen technical books, including multiple editions of McGraw-Hill’s RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide. He’s also the author of O’Reilly’s Linux Annoyances for Geeks.

Sessions

5:05pm–5:45pm Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Building and maintaining open source communities
Open Source
 Location: E145/146
Secondary topics:  Open Source
Mary Thengvall (Persea Consulting), Jason Hibbets (Red Hat), Sherrie Rohde (Magento), Mike Jang (GitLab), Angie Jones (Applitools)
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Being successful in creating an open source community requires planning, measurements, and clear goals. Mary Thengvall, Jason Hibbets, Sherrie Rohde, Mike Jang, and Angie Jones share their firsthand experiences of how open source communities have directly attributed to the success of a product as well as best practices to build and maintain these communities. Read more.