Last year's Doc Marathon got us off to a great start on documenting NumPy! But, there's still much work to be done, and SciPy after that. It's time to gear up for doing it again. Critical to last year's success was Stefan van der Walt's committed time, but he will be unable to play that role this year. So, I am looking to hire someone to write NumPy docs and help coordinate the doc project and its volunteers. The job includes working with me, the doc team, doc volunteers, and developers to: write and review a lot of docs, mainly those that others don't want to write help define milestones organize campaigns and volunteer teams to meet them research the NumPy and SciPy source codes to help plan: the eventual SciPy documentation the writing of a good User Manual work with the packaging team to meet their release deadlines perform other duties as assigned I am seeking someone to work full time if possible, and at least half time, from mid-April (or soon thereafter) through at least the (northern) summer. Candidates must be experienced NumPy and SciPy programmers; familiarity under the hood is a strong plus. They must also demonstrate their ability to produce excellent docs on the docs.SciPy.org wiki. Having contributed at a high level to an open-source community, especially to SciPy, is a big plus. Ability to take direction, work with and lead a team, and to work for extended periods without direct supervision on a list of assigned tasks are all critical. The applicant must be able to function well in a Linux environment; familiarity with multiple platforms is a plus. Please reply directly to me by email only. Include the following (PDF or ASCII formats strongly preferred): CV Statement of interest, qualifications per requirements above, availability, and wage expectations. Contact info for at least 3 professional references. Links to doc wiki pages for which you wrote the initial draft Links to doc wiki pages started by others to which you contributed significantly (edited, reviewed, proofed) The position is open until filled; candidates with complete applications by April 15 will receive full consideration. This is an open posting. Candidates who have not written any pages on the doc wiki yet have several weeks in which to do so. Pay will be commensurate with experience (up to a point). Relocation is not necessary. Candidates will need to provide their own computer and internet access. The University of Central Florida is an equal opportunity, equal access, affirmative action employer. --jh-- Prof. Joseph Harrington Department of Physics MAP 414 4000 Central Florida Blvd. University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 32816-2385 (407) 823-3416 voice (407) 823-5112 fax (407) 823-2325 physics office jh@physics.ucf.edu
So far I have no takers for the numpy doc job (below), and the lack of activity on docs.scipy.org indicates nobody new is preparing an application. This job is open (as a subcontract) to international applicants. It could be part-time, if a suitable full-time person is not available. It could be a volunteer job, if you're gainfully employed and would prefer it that way. If you have substantial free time this summer and you want to have full docs for numpy, please contact me. Thanks, --jh-- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:26:39 -0400 To: Scipy Developers <scipy-dev@scipy.org>, Scipy Users <scipy-user@scipy.org>, Numpy Discussion <numpy-discussion@scipy.org> Subject: JOB: write numpy docs From: Joe Harrington <jh@physics.ucf.edu> CC: jh@physics.ucf.edu Reply-to: jh@physics.ucf.edu Last year's Doc Marathon got us off to a great start on documenting NumPy! But, there's still much work to be done, and SciPy after that. It's time to gear up for doing it again. Critical to last year's success was Stefan van der Walt's committed time, but he will be unable to play that role this year. So, I am looking to hire someone to write NumPy docs and help coordinate the doc project and its volunteers. The job includes working with me, the doc team, doc volunteers, and developers to: write and review a lot of docs, mainly those that others don't want to write help define milestones organize campaigns and volunteer teams to meet them research the NumPy and SciPy source codes to help plan: the eventual SciPy documentation the writing of a good User Manual work with the packaging team to meet their release deadlines perform other duties as assigned I am seeking someone to work full time if possible, and at least half time, from mid-April (or soon thereafter) through at least the (northern) summer. Candidates must be experienced NumPy and SciPy programmers; familiarity under the hood is a strong plus. They must also demonstrate their ability to produce excellent docs on the docs.SciPy.org wiki. Having contributed at a high level to an open-source community, especially to SciPy, is a big plus. Ability to take direction, work with and lead a team, and to work for extended periods without direct supervision on a list of assigned tasks are all critical. The applicant must be able to function well in a Linux environment; familiarity with multiple platforms is a plus. Please reply directly to me by email only. Include the following (PDF or ASCII formats strongly preferred): CV Statement of interest, qualifications per requirements above, availability, and wage expectations. Contact info for at least 3 professional references. Links to doc wiki pages for which you wrote the initial draft Links to doc wiki pages started by others to which you contributed significantly (edited, reviewed, proofed) The position is open until filled; candidates with complete applications by April 15 will receive full consideration. This is an open posting. Candidates who have not written any pages on the doc wiki yet have several weeks in which to do so. Pay will be commensurate with experience (up to a point). Relocation is not necessary. Candidates will need to provide their own computer and internet access. The University of Central Florida is an equal opportunity, equal access, affirmative action employer. --jh-- Prof. Joseph Harrington Department of Physics MAP 414 4000 Central Florida Blvd. University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 32816-2385 (407) 823-3416 voice (407) 823-5112 fax (407) 823-2325 physics office jh@physics.ucf.edu
2009/4/15 Joe Harrington <jh@physics.ucf.edu>:
So far I have no takers for the numpy doc job (below), and the lack of activity on docs.scipy.org indicates nobody new is preparing an application. This job is open (as a subcontract) to international applicants. It could be part-time, if a suitable full-time person is not available. It could be a volunteer job, if you're gainfully employed and would prefer it that way. If you have substantial free time this summer and you want to have full docs for numpy, please contact me.
I'm surprised no-one wants to take this deal! * Learn the inner workings of NumPy and SciPy, and * Get paid to do it * Have your work published for all to see * Make a highly valued contribution to a central open source project I thoroughly enjoyed working on this project last year -- wish I had the opportunity to do it again! Cheers Stéfan
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