Self Introduction

[Andrew Ross]

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 at 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 at redhat.com>
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 at redhat.com
GPG-KeyID 0xCF53DC64 


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