Greetings! > could you please introduce yourself (preferably on > the list) so that the community can get to know you? (Interests, skills, > anything you wish to say about yourself really). >
My name is Ellis Low, my fedora project account name is ‘ellis’ I have worked as a software engineer for about twenty years. My first Linux was Slackware on a Pentium 90. I have been a Mac user since OSX came out in 2001; I was excited for OSX because I used NeXT computers in a college lab. For fun I program games on PICO8. My skills include application architecture, algorithms, and readable code. My favorite language is Python, but I also like C. I am interested in finding friends and community in my programming work, which is one of the reasons I am checking out the Fedora community. ‘friends’ is a foundation! I’m considering going to Flock and DevConf in August. > Finally, could you let us know how you learned about the Fedora project? Was > it > from a colleague, or social media, for example? I am applying for jobs at Red Hat. One of the Red Hatters I talked to suggested I join an open source project and meet the community and make some contributions. > If you have any questions at all, please ask! I am looking into helping with Anaconda, Fedora Infrastructure, and or possibly Cockpit. Any comments welcome and otherwise I will be digging in using what docs, wikis and webpages I can find. > your experience with Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) communities/ecosystems: > have you participated in FOSS before, or is this the first time? first time > how do you imagine your place in a FOSS community? find a ticket, read some discussion, submit a PR (does it work that way?) > your background/skills, for example: > community development and outreach, campaigning, journalism none > Operating System (Do you use GNU/Linux as your main OS? Is Fedora Linux your > main distribution?) Linux is where my professional software runs. I write backend applications that run in web/api servers. > non-software development: design (Inkscape/Gimp/?), music/video/podcasting, > marketing, language proficiency I’m happy to be live interviewed or talk with and to people but I don’t consider these skills yet, just natural charm! > software development related: > command line yes > version control: git/hg/svn/? git > rpm/packaging want to learn > programming languages/frameworks/utilities Python preferred. Will work with anything. > testing Early and often. I have opinions and experience. > infrastructure/sysadmin I like keeping sysadmins happy but don’t do much administration myself. > your experience in communication platforms: > have you used mailing lists before? Yes > what is your preferred real time chat platform? I installed Element to access Matrix but will use whatever my team uses. > have you helped with moderating/administering forums? in less civilized times, yes, but not recently. > how much time are you looking to/are you able to spend on volunteering > (approximate hours per week)? about 10-20 hours a week until I find full time employment. I hope continuing to participate will be part of my job. thank you for having me here! Ellis -- _______________________________________________ fedora-join mailing list -- fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to fedora-join-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
