[FM Discuss] Now working for Mozilla

Jay Maechtlen techwriter at covad.net
Thu Jun 10 10:19:44 PDT 2010


Congrats!
(envy, envy)

Janet Swisher wrote:
> Hi FLOSS Manuals friends,
>
> I'm home now from most of a week in Mountain View, California, getting
> oriented to my new job working on developer documentation for Mozilla.
> See my blog for more details: http://www.janetswisher.com/?itemid=244
>
> I hadn't been looking for a new job, but I was contacted by someone at
> Mozilla about a position they had open. I don't know whether that
> contact was a direct result of my participation in the FLOSS Manuals
> booksprint for Mozilla last year at DocTrain West --- they might have
> simply found me by searching LinkedIn --- but I'm quite confident that
> my involvement in FLOSS Manuals and open source in general was a big
> factor in their choice to make me an offer. So, I think it's fair to
> say that being involved in FLOSS Manuals helped me get a job at
> Mozilla. I'm really excited about being able to work full time on open
> source and open standards.
>
> I want to thank everybody involved in making this project a vibrant
> and respected community for open source documentation, and especially
> Adam Hyde for creating and fostering it, and Anne Gentle for
> organizing the first booksprint I participated in, and for being my
> FLOSS Manuals buddy. I hope that this project can continue to
> expanding our community, partnerships, and offerings, to help more
> people use open source software, as well as to create more
> opportunities like the one that I've been so fortunate to receive.
>
> Regards,
> Janet Swisher
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