How To Get Started

New coding bootcamp graduate here looking actively for my first programming job. In the meantime, I want to start contributing to open source which brought me here. But after consulting the Python's Developer Guide, I'm still faced with some confusion and reluctance to get started. I tried looking at some of the current active issues and it has only caused more confusion. 

Any advice, tips, or other resources that can help get me started? 

Thanks in advance!