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---
title: "Non-code Contributions"
weight: 11
description: |
Looking for a good entrance into the project? or to do something different?
There are many ways to contribute to the Kubernetes project without having
to have coding experience: issue triage, writing documentation, joining the
release team and much more.
---
*This section is new and in progress. Expect this document to change often.*
*If you are interested in helping define and structure this work, [check the weekly meeting notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gdFWfkrapQclZ4-z4Lx2JwqKsJjXXUOVoLhBzZiZgSk/edit#) for information on how to get involved. You can also find us in the SIG Contributor Experience [Slack channel](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/sig-contribex).*
*All contributors welcome, new and old!*
### What is this?
The list below is meant to help non-code contributors find areas of the Kubernetes project where their expertise can be best utilized. The goal of this is to both provide a starting guide for anyone looking to become a contributor not necessarily writing code, and also to fill any needs that the SIGs have that might not currently be filled by code-focused contributors.
This list is meant to be used by both new contributors looking for a good entrance into the project, and current contributors who would like to do something different.
Are you interested in any of the roles below? Come chat with us [on Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/sig-contribex)!
#### Project general roles
These are roles that either span the project as a whole, or span several areas of the project. Most of the roles below can be considered "good-first-roles".
- Community education
- Answering questions on [Discuss](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/), [Slack](http://slack.k8s.io/), [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/kubernetes), etc
- [K8s Office Hours](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/events/office-hours.md)
- [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/C6RFQ3T5H/)
- [Discuss](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/tags/office-hours)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL69nYSiGNLP3azFUvYJjGn45YbF6C-uIg)
- [Meet Our Contributors](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/mentoring/programs/meet-our-contributors.md)
- [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/C8WRR2BB9/)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL69nYSiGNLP3QpQrhZq_sLYo77BVKv09F)
- Onboarding new contributors
- Capturing the experiences of “Fresh Eyes” in the project
- Getting more people to [SIG-Docs](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-docs)
- [Contribute to Kubernetes docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/contribute/)
- Doing demos
- [Kubernetes Weekly Community Meeting](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/events/community-meeting.md)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL69nYSiGNLP1pkHsbPjzAewvMgGUpkCnJ)
- Outward facing community work (might be more CNCF-oriented)
- Hosting meetups and general evangelism
- [meetups are managed by the CNCF](https://github.com/cncf/meetups)
- [Find CNCF meetups near you](https://www.meetup.com/pro/cncf)
- [See events in Discuss](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/c/events-and-meetups)
- Presentation of work to meetups
- Visual Communication
- Diagrams and visual explanations of concepts
- Infographic design
- Icon design
- Various artistic contributions to strengthen kubernetes brand, evangelize the project, and develop community
- Non-Documentation writing
- Blogging about early experiences
- Operational manuals
- Walkthroughs
- How-tos about integration experiences, tools, etc
- Playbooks for Ansible, Chef, Salt, etc
- Indexing of blogs, videos, etc
- Maintaining content for the new Contributor Site
- [Management of communication tools](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/communication/moderation.md) (at the discretion of project maintainers)
- [Mailing list moderation](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/communication/moderation.md#mailing-list)
- [Slack](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/communication/moderation.md#slack) or [Discourse management](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/communication/moderation.md#discuss)
- Calendar management
- Analysis of our comm tools/metrics
- Volunteer management
- Finding/Funneling contributors to the right SIGs or WGs
- Recognition of those who contribute a lot
- Recognition of projects and growth efforts
- Issue Triage
- [Issue triage & labeling](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/guide/issue-triage.md)
- Event management
- Helping run Contributor Summits
- Co-organizing Meetups
- Staffing Kubernetes booths at conferences
#### SIG-specific roles
These are roles that are important to each and every SIG within the Kubernetes project. If you are interested in a specific topic within the project, you can contribute in several different ways for that specific SIG.
- Documentation
- Common documentation for the SIG expertise area
- Updates
- Reviewing/logging technical ownership for documentation that might need updating
- Translation
- UX/UI Design
- [Release team roles](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/tree/master/release-team)
- All roles have shadows for onboarding new members
- Project management
- Confirming ownership of tasks, issues, objects, etc
- Rectifying “owned by everyone, so owned by no-one”
- Pull requests
- PR triage & labeling
- Editing PR text: release note, statement
- Events
- Organizing/helping run Face-to-Face meetings for SIGs/WGs/subprojects
- Putting together SIG Intros & Deep-dives for KubeCon/CloudNativeCon
- Managing & Uploading Recordings to YouTube
#### Non-Code Tasks in Primarily-Code roles
These are roles that are not code-based, but require knowledge of either general coding, or specific domain knowledge of the Kubernetes code base.
- Documentation
- Documenting new features
- Some release roles
- Managing release notes
- Github management (Tags, repos, etc)
#### Post-Code Roles
These are roles that are not code-based, but require knowledge of either general coding, or specific domain knowledge of the Kubernetes code base.
- Technical project leadership
- Specifically, SIG-Architecture and Steering Committee
- Some release roles
- Release Lead, Features Lead, etc
- Mentoring new contributors
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