From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5ECB61584F2 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:18:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gentoo.org (bobolink.gentoo.org [140.211.166.189]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: relay-lists.gentoo.org@gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 40FD534318A for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:18:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bobolink.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4586C1103CF; Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:18:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 131081103C7; Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:18:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPV6:2600:8802:3700:86:264b:feff:fead:4c6f] (unknown [IPv6:2600:8802:3700:86:264b:feff:fead:4c6f]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: chutzpah) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B51D63430E9; Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:18:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <5cb83c17-5843-451e-8cb6-b3000e12029e@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:18:26 -0700 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: [gentoo-project] Re: New developer: Jay Faulkner (jayf) To: Joonas Niilola , gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org, gentoo-dev-announce@lists.gentoo.org References: <6d736b84-8a62-44e2-bb74-80b98b8f1db7@gentoo.org> Content-Language: en-CA From: Patrick McLean In-Reply-To: <6d736b84-8a62-44e2-bb74-80b98b8f1db7@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: acf2527f-9dd0-4fad-a172-bea32cb8a339 X-Archives-Hash: 4fcc42f41fb5f502d3e7e2da10407afc On 2025-03-12 22:36, Joonas Niilola wrote: > Hey, > > while not all the news you've heard from the US has been great recently, > I assure you: this piece is. Because today I can introduce a true OSS > veteran joining our ranks: Jay Faulkner from the US. If you're not > familiar with Jay, let me post what he writes about himself: > > "I live in Lakewood, WA with my wife, Vanessa, dog Apollo, and two cats > Aeon and Neptune. I'm a big sports fan, mainly ice hockey and NASCAR > racing. I'm glad to > become a Gentoo developer because over 20 years ago my experience > learning linux skills on the fly – including installing Gentoo after > flunking out of college > kicked off my career and helped start me on the path to where I am now. > A self-taught person with a distribution built around self-help and > documentation > is a clear match :D. > > While I'm not paid to work on Gentoo specifically, I do work full time > on OSS for G-Research Open Source Software. This includes hosting a > podcast on open > source, the GR-OSS OUTreach podcast. https://podcast.gr-oss.io – and I > generate OSS-related content on their youtube at > https://youtube.com/@oss-gr. > Welcome Jay, well deserved.