Sage Sharp

Please boost! #FediHire

I'm looking for my next role as a program manager, team lead, or senior developer.

- 20+ years in open source
- 6 years experience in web dev with #Python, #Django, HTML, bootstrap
- 7 years experience in C, Linux kernel, embedded systems

My passions lie at the intersection of open source software development and creating welcoming spaces for people to learn and grow.

I'm currently the program manager for a technical internship program. I work remotely with a team of 4 people in New York, Brazil, and Nigeria.

Looking for a fully remote role. I'm open to relocation outside the USA.

Resume here: https://sage.thesharps.us/hire-me/

DM me or send an email to sage at thesharps dot us

In February 2024, I was in a car crash. My nerves from my spine to my hand were damaged.

#OpenSource and #Embroidery helped me imagine a more resilient future:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/jan/06/embroidery-and-resilient-software-freedom-in-2025/

I wanted to give back to the #FreeSoftware community, and the Conservancy staff and contractors who supported me. So I made an embroidery of Conservancy's logo for our fundraiser.

The top donor to Conservancy's fundraiser (from Monday, Jan 6 until AOE Wednesday, Jan 8) will receive my embroidery.

Please donate today:

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

If you can only afford to give a little, we appreciate any support you can give!

If the top donor doesn't want the embroidery, a random donor to Conservancy's fundraiser will receive the embroidery. The random donor will be picked from anyone who donated from the start of Conservancy's fundraiser in November until AOE Wednesday, January 8.

If my journey inspires you, please donate to Conservancy's fundraiser:

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

Medien: 1

"Nearly 70% of those laid off in the 2022 tech layoffs were women."

Since there's only 21% women in tech, I can't see how this is anything other than discrimination.

https://www.wired.com/story/tyranny-tech-bros-silicon-valley-activism/

Job termination rates also show discrimination against BIPOC, queer, and disabled people.

https://prismreports.org/2023/04/03/tech-layoffs-marginalized-communities/

Via paris@hachyderm.io who saw the Wired article, and jmcrookston@mastodon.social who found a link to the Prism report.

Stop using #Mailchimp.

Mailchimp (a proprietary mailing list and customer CMS platform) has updated its terms of service.

Mailchimp is planning to feed your email content and customer contacts into its AI models.

Mailchimp's email generating AI might spit out content that infringements on another person's copyright. And the new Mailchimp terms of service say you are legally liable for that copyright infringement, not them.

See section 30. Generative AI Features: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/preview/

This is a good time to switch to open source mailing list software:

Mailman: https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/

SendPortal: https://sendportal.io/

There are companies who will host the open source mailing list software for you. I haven't tried any yet, so I can't make any recommendations.

Wondering how to break down Mastodon silos? Here's how:

1. Create accounts on multiple instances, and watch their local timeline. Interested in art or astrophotography? There's an instance for that.

2. Have one instance you consider your "main" instance. Follow everyone you find interesting from other instances on that account.

3. Reply to people's toots. Yes, seriously. Mastodon is about connecting to people. Like someone's art? Tell them what you like about it. Someone has an insightful view? Tell them which parts resonated with you. It might make you feel vulnerable, but it's really good in the long run.

4. Cultivate who you follow. This means actively finding people who don't share your experiences, backgrounds, and identities. Following people who have diverse experiences will put more interesting people into your personal timeline, which gives you more interesting people to follow.

5. Actually post some toots. Use hashtags. Hashtags are the only parts of toots that are searchable. The text itself doesn't show up in search results.

#MastodonTips #newcomer