Episode 22: Health insurance and contributing to open source projects

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Episode 22: Health insurance and contributing to open source projects

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41 minutes

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Aug 15, 2016

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In episode 21, Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

What’s up with all this health insurance jargon?

How do I get started contributing to open source?

Released:

Aug 15, 2016

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Episode 22: Health insurance and contributing to open source projects

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