Ben, A big part of such events is helping novices get more comfortable with pig, and hopefully helping them on the road to being a productive part of the community.
Jon 2012/4/19 Benjamin Juhn <[email protected]> > Hey Dmitriy, > > Can you count me in for the event? I'm interested in helping out, or > being a fly on the wall. I'm currently a novice user though. > > Thanks, > Ben > > On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Dmitriy Ryaboy wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > The Analytics Infra team at Twitter will be hosting a Pig hackday on May > 11. > > > > On the agenda: > > - get newcomers set up with the apache ticket process > > - review and commit a bunch of stuff that's not been getting love > > - hack on exciting new features > > - fix boring old problems > > - the "Dmitriy critiques everyone's APIs" hour > > - the "Jonathan and Julien make fun of Dmitriy for being a hater" hour > > - whatever else y'all want to do. > > > > Conveniently, the Twitter office is across the street from Yerba Buena > > Gardens in the middle of SF downtown, a 15 minute walk from Cal Train > > and Bart. > > After hacking, we can do bowling or something. Or drinking. > > > > Unfortunately we have very limited space, so let me know early if you > > would like to come and hack! > > > > Looking forward to hacking some Pig. > > > > -Dmitriy > >
