# How I got involved in the Rust community

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**Created:** [10 December 2022 01:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-i-got-involved-in-the-rust-community/86436 "2022-12-10T01:50:39Z")\
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> How I got involved in the Rust community.  
> In 2013 I started my Computer Science degree at Utrecht University (The Netherlands). Due to my previous experience with programming, and because I was genuinely interested in the course subjects, I aced my first year and even had time to investigate additional topics I found interesting. When my friend Jouke Waleson told me about the existence of Hacker News, I quickly became a daily visitor, as it seemed to me like an endless source of programming knowledge.

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> **[How I got involved in the Rust community](https://ochagavia.nl/blog/how-i-got-involved-in-the-rust-community/)**
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> In 2013 I started my Computer Science degree at Utrecht University (The Netherlands). Due to my previous experience with programming, and because I was genuinely interested in the course subjects, I aced my first year and even had time to investigate...

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