[Systers-dev] Hello

[Robin Jeffries]

I suggest starting with these acronyms and doing a bit of reading (both
google and wikipedia are your friend here).  Almost all of these terms are
going to come up in any kind of interview you do (maybe not ORM and STORM,
but surely the rest), so this will be a good start for getting back in the
workplace.  That will help you figure out what you want to do.  If you want
to get back into coding, python is pretty easy to learn if you know pretty
much any other programming language (not sure about the transfer from visual
basic or matlab, but most others), and some of the things on our list are
such that a good programmer who doesn't yet know python could do, since it
is modifying existing code (I'll be happy to point you at them, when the
time comes).  I don't think php is much harder.  I think that for program
management the way we are doing this (free, open source, distributed),
you'll need to know the technical areas to be able to contribute.
But you are definitely on our list of testers, as soon as we get some code
to test.

Robin

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:12 AM, P. A. Grubel <pagrubel at tularosa.net> wrote:

> Ok I am not a little rusty. I have no idea what any of the acronyms mean. I
> know I could help with any of the non coding areas. Although I doubt I
> would
> enjoy documentation much. Testing and management would be great, but I
> would
> like to get some experience with some development and programming skills.
> Anything I do will most likely be new.
>
> Pat
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Hi Pat,
> Welcome!
>
> What areas are you interested in? Programming? Maybe Python?  With
> Mediawiki
> there is most likely a need for some php work.  Maybe some ORM development
> with STORM (working with Kanika Vats our GSoC student who is working on the
> ORM project)?  How about authentication or systems?  And there is always
> documentation, testing, systems, and technical project management (equally
> as important).
>
> We welcome and look forward to any contribution you'd like to make and if
> you give me some ideas about your interest areas, we can definitely find a
> place for you to help ;>. (It's ok if you are a bit rusty or want to learn
> something completely new, don't feel like you have to "do what you did
> before" or be any sort of expert -- I figure we are all going to help each
> other out -- a lot.)
>
> Jen
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:17 PM, P. A. Grubel <pagrubel at tularosa.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I signed up on this list because I am in the process of coming back into
> > the
> > technical field after a loooooooong break. I thought I could help out and
> > learn something at the same time.  I am a member of the systers list.
> >
> > Pat
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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