# Contributing Guidelines

Welcome to Kubernetes. We are excited about the prospect of you joining our [community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community)! The Kubernetes community abides by the CNCF [code of conduct](code-of-conduct.md). Here is an excerpt:

_As contributors and maintainers of this project, and in the interest of fostering an open and welcoming community, we pledge to respect all people who contribute through reporting issues, posting feature requests, updating documentation, submitting pull requests or patches, and other activities._

## Getting Started

We have full documentation on how to get started contributing here: https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/contributing/getting-started/, _please_ read this!
A lot of work went into this guide 🙃

## Mentorship

- [Mentoring Initiatives](https://git.k8s.io/community/mentoring) - Kubernetes has a diverse set of mentorship programs available that are always looking for volunteers!

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