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Community volunteer for 2 years now, developed activities, led workshops. Confident in python and GNU. Worked professionally in programming for some years.

=== [[User:Wade|Wade]] ===

*Name/contact

Wade Brainerd (wadetb at gmail dot com)

wadeb on IRC

*Timezone

Portland, Maine (UTC-5)

*What kind of projects could/would you mentor?

New activities, Games, Updates to/refreshes of existing activities, Frameworks for creating activities in new languages (Flash, Ajax, Mono)

*How much time could you devote to mentoring? Can you make the especially solid commitment of being a double-mentor? What are your other commitments over the summer?

I will be available for a single mentorship this year. I work full time as a programmer but have a flexible schedule.

*What relevant coding experience do you have (very briefly, two sentences at most)?

Community volunteer for 2 years now, developed activities. Experienced in Python, C++, others. 11 years as a professional programmer, including 5 as a technical director and team lead.

*What relevant mentoring (or related) experience do you have?

I ~~assisted a~~ GSoC 2007 ~~student with a voting activity project back in Chile (STIRME Project)~~. ~~Learned from that experience the importance of constant contact~~ with ~~the Mentor~~.

I was closely involved in the 2007 OLPC GSoC project, reviewing applications and communicating with students. I mentored two students informally during 2007 after their GSoC projects were not funded. Both projects were completed with my help.

*Anything else you think is relevant.

I ~~informally went thru the student side~~ of ~~things with my~~ good ~~friend Ignacio~~ in ~~2007~~. ~~I consider that didn't do very well back then. So~~ I have ~~that precious learning experience~~, ~~that I can commit to help the next student succeed~~.

As the Sugar Labs Activity Team coordinator, I have plenty of access to deployments. This gives me a good handle on what student projects will most effectively advance Sugar Labs' goals in the community.

As a volunteer activity developer, I have also developed many new activities myself, and overhauled existing ones.

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 Community volunteer for 2 years now, developed activities, led workshops. Confident in python and GNU. Worked professionally in programming for some years.
+=== [[User:Wade|Wade]] ===
+*Name/contact
+Wade Brainerd (wadetb at gmail dot com)
+wadeb on IRC
+*Timezone
+Portland, Maine (UTC-5)
+*What kind of projects could/would you mentor?
+New activities, Games, Updates to/refreshes of existing activities, Frameworks for creating activities in new languages (Flash, Ajax, Mono)
+*How much time could you devote to mentoring? Can you make the especially solid commitment of being a double-mentor? What are your other commitments over the summer?
+I will be available for a single mentorship this year.  I work full time as a programmer but have a flexible schedule.
+*What relevant coding experience do you have (very briefly, two sentences at most)?
+Community volunteer for 2 years now, developed activities.  Experienced in Python, C++, others.  11 years as a professional programmer, including 5 as a technical director and team lead.
 *What relevant mentoring (or related) experience do you have?
-I assisted a GSoC 2007 student with a voting activity project back in Chile (STIRME Project). Learned from that experience the importance of constant contact with the Mentor.
+I was closely involved in the 2007 OLPC GSoC project, reviewing applications and communicating with students.  I mentored two students informally during 2007 after their GSoC projects were not funded.  Both projects were completed with my help.
 *Anything else you think is relevant.
-I informally went thru the student side of things with my good friend Ignacio in 2007. I consider that didn't do very well back then. So I have that precious learning experience, that I can commit to help the next student succeed.
+As the Sugar Labs Activity Team coordinator, I have plenty of access to deployments.  This gives me a good handle on what student projects will most effectively advance Sugar Labs' goals in the community.
+As a volunteer activity developer, I have also developed many new activities myself, and overhauled existing ones.