As a developer, we want to increase our knowledge of the development world around us so that we can help grow our careers or help the world. Many folks can grow their career through reading blogs, books, following tutorials or watching videos. But some of us need a project or community to help us attain our career growth. Where can we find these projects or the community? In this discussion, we will show you 2 paths that you can take advantage of, so that you can give to the community and grow your career. The first path that we will discuss is how to contribute to an open-source project. This includes the who, what, and how of open source and the places where you can contribute to an open source. Spoilers: Anyone can contribute, and you need not be a coder to contribute. The second path we'll discuss is Civic Hacking. We will define what it is, where to get involved and cover its basic tenets: - Do what you can? - Where you can? - With what you've got?