Dear Fedora Project community,
I'm very interested in getting involved as a volunteer to help with open
source projects to develop my technical writing skills. I come from the
higher education/ non profit sector with over 4 years of experience
teaching college level writing to ESL students. I'm looking to transition
into technical writing and would like to get more direct experience with
the documentation process by volunteering on a project.
- *What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past? *I
don't have any direct experience with technical writing and documentation
but I have extensive experience writing content, proofreading, and editing
at a variety of organizations including the University of Maryland,
American University, and the American Councils for International Education.
I'm currently working with a financial advisor to create a monthly
newsletter for his clients informing them of various investment strategies,
trends, and history.
- *What level and type of computer skills do you have?* I have a limited
knowledge of Python and have professional proficiency in microsoft office
programs and salesforce.
- *What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User
interface design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming,
etc.* My background is in ESL instruction and advising international
students at the university level so I have strong verbal and writing
communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills. As an ESL
instructor, I have taught college level writing for over four years thus I
have honed a deep understanding of writing mechanics, structure, grammar,
punctuation, and word usage. That work has also helped me develop strong
editing and proofreading skills applicable to these kinds of documentation
projects. I' m not sure if it's applicable, but I spent over 4 years in
China and I have a working professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese.
- *What makes you an excellent match for the project? *I believe my
extensive writing, editing, and proofreading experience can be quite
helpful for the documentation required for these open source projects. As
an educator, I have honed a strong ability to explain orally and in written
form concepts, ideas, and tasks in a thorough and step-by-step manner for
those who are not familiar with them or even speak English as a first
language.
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- *Let us know what kind of topics you're interested in and what time
zone you are in. We'd like to pair you with a mentor
<
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project_mentors> to help you get
started.*
- I'd like to help with Fedora docs and I'm in the EDT time zone.
Thank you very much!
Best,
Adam Lax
International Education Policy, MA
2015-2016 US Department of State Fulbright Scholar:
aplchinafulbright.weebly.com
Cell number- 301-758-1125