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Red Hat Intern this summer working on Fedora Badges with the infra team.


Captain of RIT Lab for Technological Literacy (aka the FOSSBox) and Notetaker for RIT Access Services.
I'm an Associate Software Engineer at Red Hat. I work remotely from Seattle's eastside on the Fedora Engineering team. I'm a part of the Fedora Infrastructure team and am a board member on the Fedora Cloud working group.


== Studying ==
Right now, I'm focusing on cloud image uploading and ostree/atomic image support. Previously, I built the front-end for [https://badges.fedoraproject.org Fedora Badges], along with some back-end work. I worked with Ralph Bean to get Badges production-ready and deploy the app. Currently, there are over 12,000 Fedora contributors with badges.


Bachelor of Information Technology. Concentrations in Networking & Systems Administration and Databases. Minor in Philosophy.
I graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology ''summa cum laude''. I earned a BS in Information Technology, with concentrations in Networking & Systems Administration and Databases. I have a minor in Philosophy, which I enjoy studying. My favourite philosophers I've read are Epicurus and Camus.
 
== Expertise ==
 
I have experience all over the place, but there are a couple areas in which I consider myself to be particularly experienced:
 
* Python
* Web application development
* Linux, including all major distros (and some obscure ones)
* Databases, including MySQL, SQLite, Access, Oracle, and Knowledge
 
== Packages I maintain ==
 
You can check out which packages I maintain [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packager/oddshocks/ via pkgdb]. I've just started taking on packages, so there are only a couple right now.


== Interests ==
== Interests ==


Free software
Outside of free software, I listen to a lot of music. I use a large selection of tracks from the 50s-90s, with my favourite recordings occuring between 1960 and 1970. My favourite band is the Grateful Dead, and have listened to hundreds of live recordings of them, many over 3 hours in length.
 
I play some video games in my free time. Right now, I'm really into Path of Exile (again). Also really enjoying Hotline Miami, and I've gotten pretty far in a New Vegas replay.
 
== Contacting ==


Tunes, especially the Grateful Dead and Phish
The best way to get a hold of me in a reasonable time is by pinging me on '''Freenode'''.


Doing it live
Alternatively, you can send an email to '''dgay[at]redhat[dot]com'''. If it's urgent, you can call my office phone at '''+16502544034''', which will forward to my cell phone if I'm not home.

Latest revision as of 18:14, 7 January 2015

David Gay
David Gay
Fedora Information
FAS name: oddshocks
Fedora email: oddshocks@fedoraproject.org
IRC nick: oddshocks
IRC channels: #fedora-apps, #fedora-cloud, #fedora-admin, #fedora-noc, #fedora-social, #rit-foss, #atomic
Fedorapeople page: https://oddshocks.fedorapeople.org
Badges (59)
Flock 2013 Attendee Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Riddle Me This Tagger (Tagger II) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Involvement Tanked! Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Speak Up! Inside Job Mugshot Junior Badger (Badger I) Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Nuancier Baby Badger Egg Flock 2013 Speaker Let Me Introduce Myself Crypto Badger Embryo Badge Off! Party Pirate Crypto Panda Junior Editor Secretary General In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Dancing with Toshio White Rabbit Paranoid Panda No Longer a Ronin Don't Call it a Comeback Flock 2014 Attendee Pycon 2014 Attendee Associate Editor Blog Lobber (Planet VI) You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) Maestro Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Bona Fide If you build it... (Koji Success I) Corporate Drone Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Tadpole Macaron (Cookie I) Origin Senior Badger (Badger II) Readiness Senior Editor Delivery If you build it... (Koji Success II) Let's do lunch! Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Froglet Tadpole with Legs Adult Frog
 

I'm an Associate Software Engineer at Red Hat. I work remotely from Seattle's eastside on the Fedora Engineering team. I'm a part of the Fedora Infrastructure team and am a board member on the Fedora Cloud working group.

Right now, I'm focusing on cloud image uploading and ostree/atomic image support. Previously, I built the front-end for Fedora Badges, along with some back-end work. I worked with Ralph Bean to get Badges production-ready and deploy the app. Currently, there are over 12,000 Fedora contributors with badges.

I graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology summa cum laude. I earned a BS in Information Technology, with concentrations in Networking & Systems Administration and Databases. I have a minor in Philosophy, which I enjoy studying. My favourite philosophers I've read are Epicurus and Camus.

Expertise

I have experience all over the place, but there are a couple areas in which I consider myself to be particularly experienced:

  • Python
  • Web application development
  • Linux, including all major distros (and some obscure ones)
  • Databases, including MySQL, SQLite, Access, Oracle, and Knowledge

Packages I maintain

You can check out which packages I maintain via pkgdb. I've just started taking on packages, so there are only a couple right now.

Interests

Outside of free software, I listen to a lot of music. I use a large selection of tracks from the 50s-90s, with my favourite recordings occuring between 1960 and 1970. My favourite band is the Grateful Dead, and have listened to hundreds of live recordings of them, many over 3 hours in length.

I play some video games in my free time. Right now, I'm really into Path of Exile (again). Also really enjoying Hotline Miami, and I've gotten pretty far in a New Vegas replay.

Contacting

The best way to get a hold of me in a reasonable time is by pinging me on Freenode.

Alternatively, you can send an email to dgay[at]redhat[dot]com. If it's urgent, you can call my office phone at +16502544034, which will forward to my cell phone if I'm not home.