Welcome to the project Andrew! Seems you have quite some experience in the documentation area, looking forward to seeing you around! :-) - Best regards, Magnus 'magnusg' Glantz E-mail: mg -at- hacka -dot- net GPG Key: 0DB53317 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Magnusg tis 2009-01-13 klockan 12:00 -0500 skrev fedora-docs-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx: > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:08:29 +1000 > From: Andrew Ross <anross@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Self Introduction > To: Fedora Docs-List <fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <496BE98D.2030406@xxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Everyone, > > Name: Andrew Ross > Location: Brisbane, Australia > Profession: Quality Engineer > Company: Red Hat > > I am currently employed at Red Hat, working in QE. I write documentation > for internal projects and review documentation from Engineering Content > Services. > > Goals: I would like to help out, where I can, with documentation for > Fedora. Whether this becomes a QA type of role, or a content author role > is up for debate :P > > * What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past?* > * I am writing SRS's and user docs for internal Red Hat QE projects as > well as reviewing docs for external use. > * Prior to this role, I was a high school teacher, and the designated > driver for all things computer at my school. This involved documentation > for "technologically challenged" staff that ranged from email access to > report card writing. The school was a pilot for the new intranet based > reporting system, OneSchoo, and I was implementation leader. (a > euphemism for SLAVE). > * In 2005 I was volunteered to be the editor (and only contributor) for > the Queensland Association of Maths Teachers (QAMT) newsletter. However, > in May of 2006 my first child was born and I did not have the time to > continue in that role. > *In 2001 I worked for Computer Science Corp (CSC) in Sydney on a > helicopter flight sim project - although that was mainly coding, there > was also some doc editing. > > * What level and type of computer skills do you have?* > Lol an easy one. > * I have a B.Science with a comp science major. > * I am sitting for my RHCT in early February (providing the course is > not canceled). > * I get easily excited by technology, and I can be a bit OCD when it > comes to getting things working.... which is probably why I am a good > person for QE. > > * What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface > design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc.* > * I am writing documentation using DocBook for internal processes. > *I have worked for 4 years as a high school teacher, so my people skills > are good. (aka thick skinned) > *I can talk to anyone (and often do)... > * I did the programming major at uni, mainly Java, with some C++ and C. > Although I will never forget the one semester of Cobol. > * I programmed commercially in Ada for CSC. > * In my current role, I will soon be reviewing JBoss docco's, so I am > brushing up on Java :) > * > What makes you an excellent match for the project?* > * My RH role is documentation validation and writing - so it should be > an easy transition from RH docs, to Fedora docs :) > * I am good at explaining things to different end users > * I enjoy "fact checking", that is, ensuring that the steps listed in a > publication produce the desired (claimed) results. > > *GPG Details* > [anross@mithrandir ~]$gpg --fingerprint CF53DC64 > pub 1024D/CF53DC64 2009-01-13 [expires: 2010-01-13] > Key fingerprint = E2C2 5C4F 0DAD C8F0 78EA 638C 3F8D E60A CF53 DC64 > uid Andrew Ross (Fedora Key) <anross@xxxxxxxxxx> > sub 2048g/3677BA18 2009-01-13 [expires: 2010-01-13] > > Aside: I loved my hostname until yesterday when I re-read my sys-admins > hostname... margrathea... and the light finally clicked :) > > That's about all from me for the time being. > > Regards, > > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Ross > Associate Quality Engineer > Red Hat Asia Pacific > Phone: 3514 8331 > E-mail: anross@xxxxxxxxxx > GPG-KeyID 0xCF53DC64 > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/attachments/20090113/f0ded62c/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
