I have a bachelor’s degree in computer science and currently work as a software engineer. I’ve also had experience in leadership roles including being the president of Hunter’s sustainability club in undergrad and currently leading my company’s DEI task force. In addition, I am generally interested in learning new skills and knowledge, so I’d be happy to plug into any of these roles – there’s no role I’d dismiss out of hand as long as I’m working on a project I’m excited about!
Project manager: I am good at time management and strategizing about how best to get done what needs to get done, and I have a decent amount of experience at this from work and from undergrad. I’m less comfortable with the social side of project management, but I have some experience with it at least.
Developer: This is probably the area I have the most experience in, from both prior education and my current job. In particular, I have experience with Python and Javascript, as well as coding-adjacent digital humanities tools like Twine.
Design/UX: This is an area I have a bit of experience with and am interested in improving on. I’ve done some smaller non-professional design projects like creating flyers, and I’ve picked up some design knowledge working closely with designers at work.
Outreach/social media: This is the area I have the least experience in, but I wouldn’t mind trying it out and improving my skills here.
Documentation: I’m not sure exactly what is meant by “documentation” in this context. I have plenty of experience with documenting code from my work, as well as documenting things like standard working processes, my thought processes on decisions I’ve made in my work, and creating useful resources to help coworkers with problems that might arise. And those are all kinds of documentation I enjoy doing. Generally I like trying to explain things so they makes sense to people! However I don’t know much about archive documentation standards, though that would definitely be something I’d like to learn about.
Research: I have some experience with research from previous classes, a little from work, and some from my own personal interests. This is also the area I’m most interested in improving my skills in, so I’d love to take this as a secondary role.
