KELLY BIO
1) What is the link to your Video Cover Letter video upload?
You will do this after you have uploaded your Video Cover Letter. You don't need to answer this question in your video. Please make your video public, and leave it on YouTube or another video sharing site at least until the end of your involvement with the OSE Development Team so that we may share it with other team members as needed.
2) COMMITMENT: Can you commit to 10 hours of volunteer time for 90 days?
A serious time commitment is required.
All we can do is try...and keep trying. I will try 2 hours per day during normal workdays, preferably in the mornings.
3) PURPOSE: What is the biggest value that you get out of volunteering with OSE?
The biggest value volunteering with OSE provides is a team to work on engineering projects that are inline with my abilities and ambitions.
4) OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND COLLABORATION Are you willing to download a Ubuntu distribution of Linux that comes preloaded with all software that OSE uses - to facilitate any software issues?
Already done. That was easy! Windows supports the software I use most and that is my primary OS.
5) We collaborate via work logs where we document our work and include links to all work product. Are you willing to do this on a continuing basis?
I like this work log concept. In the past I refused to update worklogs that were very tedious to update, did not provide good data to management, or was any help to me personally. This work log concept is efficient and useful.
6) FINANCES: Do you currently have a full time job?
I have a steady income. I am a manager for the pre-schools my partner runs, and I contract my product design services to OEMs on an occasional basis. My workload may not be consistent, so there are periods that duty calls elsewhere.
7) VIDEO INSTRUCTIONALS: A big part of our work is documentation and instructionals- Are you willing to learn Kdenlive, collaborative video editing and screencasting?
I am very willing to develop video editing services. Showing people the ropes is an asynchronous process these days.
8) EXECUTION AND INITIATIVE: What is the biggest task that you are proudest of yourself most that you accomplished? Please give an example of an audacious goal that you have set for yourself?
I try not to operate on terms of pride. I think the most useful accomplishment I can share is creating the workflow to create schematics in AutoCAD Electrical and link data to Inventor to model wire harnesses that were bu
9) LEARNING: Show an example of something you learned that revolutionized your life?
We are a learning community, and we expect all candidates to teach skills to others.
10) HARD SKILLS: What hard skills do you have such as IT, CAD, Graphics, Publishing, manufacturing, design, etc.
We are looking for diverse skill sets, as Open Source Product Development requires an interdisciplinary approach.
11) SOFT SKILLS: Do you have experience in management+ conflict resolution? Teaching? Managing/starting a community or group?
We would like to advance select candidates to leading development groups once the candidate has sufficient experience (after completing one 90 day development cycle)