[FM Discuss] Now working for Mozilla

[Marcio Galli]

Very nice this case. Would be cool to get a line from Mozilla too on the
relation to this project. Maybe is not a big deal. I heard from Mozilla
people the importance of FLOSS manuals before and that was one of the reason
I joined this list - so far I am just someone watching and learning.

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On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Jay Maechtlen <techwriter at covad.net>wrote:

> 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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