Following the suggestion I received on matrix, I’m posting here to express my interest in the Release Editor role.
I have been dabbling with Nix since 2019. More specifically, throughout this time I have been using NixOS as my daily driver and I have been trying to promote the use of Nix for reproducible development environments in the context of my work in software development for scientific research. Unfortunately, as the amount of time I could afford to dedicate to Nix was always limited, my knowledge is far patchier than I would like it to be.
I have spent a significant part of my career teaching programming and explaining technical issues to others, largely because I get great satisfaction from helping people gain better understanding and also because I seem to be fairly good at it. Here is an example of me explaining something in depth on this forum.
The combination of
- being able to explain things well
- not being too intimately familiar with the whole Nix ecosystem to appreciate the difficulties that less experienced people might experience
could be a good fit in the role of Release Editor.
As I have recently decided to actively seek professional roles which offer more opportunity to use Nix (and/or Rust … I’d be very interested to hear about relevant job openings ) I am keen to contribute more actively to the Nix community and would be able to afford to set aside some time for this role.