Introduction
Two amazing developers from Nigeria are currently contributing to the Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) for the Outreachy 2023 Internship and as part of the requirement for the Outreachy Internship, we would like to briefly introduce ourselves and how we got here.
Goodnews Sandy
My name is Goodnews Sandy, I am a Frontend Developer and a Technical Writer. I enjoy using frontend technologies to build web-based applications that leave lasting impression on users. I strive for excellence and pixel-perfect. I love when people go through my applications and they are like “WOW! this is great!!”. I also write, I have a couple of articles on Meduim mostly on technical topics , the personal articles are still drafts, LOL I hope to publish them someday. Writing helps me to consolidate my knowledge and also serves as an opportunity to share the lesssons with others.
I love contributing to open source, I see it as a community where i get to learn new technologies and build tools that peolple can use. Others things I do includes: Mentoring , I have mentored in three-four internships, and it’s always a great experiences to teach beginners how to develop applications and navigate a career in Tech.
My hobbies: sports and reading(Sidney Sheldon collection is my favorite).
I have an educational background in Petroleum Engineering and had a career change to Computer Science related field because i realize that technological fields offered more opportunities to use my creativity and I love building things!!! and I do hope to use my skills to contribute to the Oil and Gas industry.
As an Outreachy Intern
I am one of the successful candidates selected to participate in the Outreachy 2023 Internship , I applied to Outreachy because I see it as an opportunity to learn new technologies and contribute to varities of community through Open Source. The Outreachy Internship is a three months program to contribute to any Open Source community of your choice. For the selection period, I chose Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) because their goals were clearly stated. I contributed to improving the Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) website and also colloborated in developing a Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs) platform. The mentors were super helful and I enjoyed contributing to the community.
Learning in Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA).
The Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) is part of a bigger Open Science Community. The Open Science Community is made up of scientists and researchers working together to build research tools, share knowledge and promote Open Science practices.
I am excited to be contributing to the Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) for the Internship period. There is a lot to learn and I am prepared for it. We communicate with the mentors through Notion and GitHub , and have two meetings per week to discuss progess. A couple of tasks has been listed on the notion board which includes: building blog post with Quarto, intergating Crowdin to make multilingual content, exploring JupterBooks and Sphinx-js for documentation.
I look forward to learning with the community and I intend to maximize all the opportunities available to me. I believe the knowledge from this experience would be an added value to my skill sets and career progression in general.
Alright Let’s do this!!!
Richie Moluno
I am Richie Moluno, a Fullstack developer but more of backend development. My major stack is MongoDb ExpressJS and NodeJs. Currently I study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Benin, Benin City. I originally wanted to study because of the Iron-man movie. I really love robots, the process of converting computer codes to mechanical movements really intrigues me. When it was time to move into the University, the school i had in mind didn’t have any course for robotics. So based on my knowledge then, i felt Mechanical Engineering would be the closest alternative to Robotics.
My Passion
I really love to code, i think the passion doesn’t rely on coding itself, i’m more interested in anything that involves applying complex logic to get desired results. I often go for the more complex tasks, because when i overcome these tasks it gives me a greater sense of reward and achievement. While i am not coding i like listening to Jordan Peterson, he speaks alot on self improvement, becoming a better person, being morally upright and how to live a meaningful life. I also like listening to music. I like the idea of reading books not often though, but i am more interested in books that talk on human psychology it helps me gain a better understanding of how the human mind works. I also like to play table tennis
Why I Chose Outreachy and My Career Path
Being an Outreachy intern a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in pursuing a career in Open source, the opportunities here aren’t limited to open source alone, in my opinion it cuts across other areas in Tech. One thing i learnt is, my learning process would’ve been way shorter if i had good insight early enough. I had no mentor right from when i started coding, at first i didn’t feel like it’ll be an issue, but i considered how long i spent going through uneccessary course content, learning concepts which weren’t needed for the career path i chose. I think having a mentor would really help in guiding and point me in the right path. I see Outreachy as a means to learn more from peers, gain solid experience in open source contributions as well as make new valuable connections. I hope to gain more experience in open source contributions, learn more about the open source community and also make new valuable connections that will be transferrable into the Robotics industry.
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@online{sandy2022,
author = {Goodnews Sandy and Richie Moluno},
title = {Hello {Outreachy} {Winter} 2023!},
date = {2022-12-06},
url = {https://oscsa-en-blog.netlify.app/posts/Sandy_intro},
langid = {en}
}