Thanks, Oren! If I am able to work on pywikipediabot or other Wikimedia tech and I blog about it, I'll syndicate to http://en.planet.wikimedia.org . I may cross-post additional thoughts to http://geekfeminism.org/ . If people want a summary IRC office hour/video tech talk after I come back, I could do that too. -Sumana
On 08/31/2013 07:57 AM, Oren Bochman wrote: > Congratulations - I hope you get co make many new bugs and even do some > cool coding outside the wmf! > I'm wandering if you'll update us about this unique experience as time > allows? > > > > On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > >> I've been accepted to Hacker School <https://www.hackerschool.com>, a >> writers' retreat for programmers in New York City. I will therefore be >> taking an unpaid personal leave of absence from the Wikimedia Foundation >> via our sabbatical program. My last workday before my leave will be >> Friday, September 27. I plan to be on leave all of October, November, >> and December, returning to WMF in January. >> >> During my absence, Quim Gil will be the temporary head of the >> Engineering Community Team. Thank you, Quim! I'll spend much of >> September turning over responsibilities to him. Over the next month I'll >> be saying no to a lot of requests so I can ensure I take care of all my >> commitments by September 27th, when I'll be turning off my wikimedia.org >> email. >> >> If there's anything else I can do to minimize inconvenience, please let >> me know. And -- I have to say this -- oh my gosh I'm so excited to be >> going to Hacker School in just a month! Going from "advanced beginner" >> to confident programmer! Learning face-to-face with other coders, 30-45% >> of them women, all teaching each other! Thank you, WMF, for the >> sabbatical program, and thanks to my team for supporting me on this. I >> couldn't do this without you. >> >> -- >> Sumana Harihareswara >> Engineering Community Manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] <javascript:;> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
