Well, off I go. I'm about to unsubscribe from this list for the first
time in years. Looking forward to returning in January with MORE POWERS.
-Sumana
P.S. I'm sure you can find my personal email address if you need to. :)
On 09/04/2013 09:47 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
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