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Christina Gorton on September 16, 2020

I've spent the last few months figuring out "What do I want to do in tech now?" I have been a developer, educator, technical writer, community co...

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Michael Tharrington • Sep 16 '20

So awesome to have you on the team, Christina.

And I'm really siked to hear your dog's name is Appa. Whenever we're trying to get our dog up and moving, we always holler "yip yip!" 😀

Christina Gorton • Sep 16 '20

Yes, Appa also comes to yip yip! 😄

Riku Oja • Sep 17 '20 • Edited

Wow, I just signed in to DEV for the first time and the very first post I read has sloths and dogs in it :D Loving the site already. Keep up the good work!

ItsASine (Kayla) • Sep 17 '20

Do you think Appa would get along with my black cat Iroh?
Please say yes haha

Congrats!

Christina Gorton • Sep 17 '20

She loves cats, they just don't always love her 😬

ender minyard • Sep 16 '20

Ahh! Sloths! Ahh!!!!!!!

Ami Scott (they/them) • Sep 17 '20

I'm so excited for you!

Mac Siri • Sep 16 '20

Welcome to the team, Christina!!!

Simme • Sep 17 '20

Congratulations to both you and the team! You’re joining a bunch of really awesome people! 🥳

Andrew Bone • Sep 16 '20

Congratulations 🎉🎊

Yash_Jaiswal • Sep 17 '20

Welcome to DEV Christina. Quick question can I ask about your journey in open source contribution?

Christina Gorton • Sep 17 '20

Sure, anything in particular you are wondering about? :) Or just my time in open source in general?

Yash_Jaiswal • Sep 17 '20

I want to know how did you started your open-source journey? What were your initial contributions? How are you contributing now?

Christina Gorton • Sep 17 '20

Ok! I don't have a ton of open source contributions in the sense of code but I do for better documentation. My main focus is to help others contribute and I do that by creating better docs, managing issues/PRs and supporting the community however I can. My current biggest open source project is the 100DaysofCloud community. I am one of the Core Team members there. It is a work in progress but we have over 1000 members currently in our Discord channel.