[Systers-dev] GSOC Statement of Interest

[Jennifer Redman]

Hello Erica and Welcome!

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Erica Wolfe <ericawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> My name is Erica Wolfe and I am a first-year graduate student in
> Information
> Systems (a joint business and computer science program) at New York
> University.  I have many years of non-technical work experience, but I'm
> just starting out as a programmer and would love to get involved in the
> open-source and Systers communities.  I'm particularly looking to work on
> the wishlist items as they seem best suited to my experience and a great
> way
> to become familiar with Systers code.  I'm in the process of completing a
> year-long computer science intensive class to prepare me for graduate-level
> courses in computer science. This intensive study has given me experience
> in
> C and C++, and with procedural and object-oriented programming methods, the
> Standard Template Library, recursion, and data structures including lists
> and queues.  I am currently studying assembly and will learn Python before
> the class ends.
>

Excellent!  One of our mentors this summer - Gloria W has a great deal of
experience with teaching Python -- she's on the list and I suspect happy to
help with any learning Python questions - in addition to many of the other
mentors.


>
> I have already set up a VM for development for the Systers' code and
> completed most of the Google Summer of Code Systers application.  I'd like
> some guidance in forming my project proposal, particularly the project
> milestones.  Any help would be appreciated!
>

We are here to help -- just let us know if you have any specific questions
or need some suggestions on how to get started.

Thanks!

Jen