<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div style>My name is Greg. I joined the list a while ago but am just now introducing myself. I think I waited because I don't feel I have much to contribute at this point. I am a network "engineer" for a University in the mid-west of the US. I somehow arrived in IT after majoring in music... kinda weird. So far I have been focusing on wired and wireless networking, mostly Cisco. I would like to transition out this line of work towards a software engineering discipline, if possible, or find a way to blend what I currently with more software engineering. I've been pursuing a Comp Sci degree to do this, and I figure this group would be good for me to gain some experience outside of my studies and workplace by jumping into an existing project, working with code from others, possibly collaborating with others, and hopefully contributing fixes.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I'm not a complete newbie with Linux. My main box is running nix, but I have to use Windows on a separate box to handle some of my day-to-day responsibilities.<br></div><div style><br>
</div><div style>As far as languages go, I can make things in C++ and Java, but I think I enjoy C++ more. </div><div style><br></div><div style>I don't quite know where I fit in this group, yet. My interests are in networking, systems development, and optimization (although I'm not sure what that entails, it sounds cool, though!). For now, most of those topics are out of reach for me. That said, I do want to get started somewhere and work my way towards them. Basically, I just want to start solving problems through coding, etc... if that makes sense.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Take care,</div><div style>Greg</div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Ankur Sinha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sanjay.ankur@gmail.com" target="_blank">sanjay.ankur@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi!<br>
<br>
The list has been too quiet of late. Yet, I've been getting subscription<br>
notifications telling me that new people are in-fact subscribing to the<br>
list. The logical conclusion here is that new people are joining the<br>
list, but *not* using it. I'm not sure why that would be. Are new comers<br>
shy, or are they scared of being flamed, or is there another reason?<br>
<br>
I request/invite/implore any newcomers here to please go ahead and ask<br>
the list *whatever* you want, related to contributing to Fedora of<br>
course. We'll be more than happy to answer your questions and help you<br>
become part of the community.<br>
<br>
We do not bite, I promise!<br>
<br>
In the unlikely case that you have no questions and are well on your way<br>
to contributing to Fedora, I'll request you to at least send the list an<br>
e-mail introducing yourself. That'll tell us who you are, what you do,<br>
what you want to work on, and we can help you and introduce you to more<br>
folks that we know.<br>
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Warm regards,<br>
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