Episode

The One Where We Geek Out on Outreachy with Eromosele Akhigbe

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Geeking Out with Adriana Villela

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Apr 22, 2025

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2833

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Summary

DEI programs might be on the chopping block, but we need them now, more than ever. In this episode of Geeking Out, Eromosele Akhigbe talks about how Outreachy, an internship program that supports diversity in open source and open science helped him fall in love with Go and OpenTelemetry. He also talks about the importance of diversity in tech and building a tech community in Africa.