Many thanks for the very welcoming reception! I'm thrilled to be joining such an enthusiastic and energetic community that I'm sure will teach me lots.
Just to round out a bit about me. When not in front of large and crazy clusters of systems or open source software, I can be found tumbling and flying in the air at the circus training in aerial arts or hanging on for dear life climbing mountains. Currently live in San Francisco and can still remember how excited I was when I heard the WikiMedia foundation was moving here. Crazy to think that I'll actually get the chance to contribute so much.
Having lived and worked in various parts of the world within setups of all sorts of sizes, I'm hoping to bring a diverse set of skills that can benefit everyone involved. Either from new ideas or just another pair of hands, I plan on contributing what's needed and makes good sense to have.
Enough for now .. I'll be turning myself onto listen mode and will just be trying to absorb all the info that is coming my way.
see you on IRC.
--tomasz
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org wrote:
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I am pleased to welcome Tomasz Finc as a new full-time software developer. Tomasz will start officially next week on August 4 in our San Francisco office.
Tomasz is a systems and software engineer with more than 7 years of experience. He joins us from Amazon.com, where he administered and supported the Amazon.com A9 search engine, optimized production performance, developed automation tools, implemented C/C++ changes in the core search engine code, trained new hires, and fulfilled other duties. Tomasz is fluent speaker of both Polish and English.
Tomasz will report to me and will work on general MediaWiki development, code review, systems and administration tools, and optimization. He will also initially help to support the San Francisco office.
I am delighted that Tomasz is joining our team; please join me in welcoming him to the Wikimedia Foundation staff.
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