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==Why the Fedora Project?==
==Why the Fedora Project?==
The Fedora Project has always been "so cool" to me, for lack of a better way to describe my feelings. I have always poured over fedoramagaine, and since beginning to use Linux 2 or 3 years ago it has been a love affair with Fedora from the start(Actually began using Korora). My experience in the military has brought me face to face with RHEL being used in different systems, and I have always felt that if it is secure enough for the US Military, it has to be good enough for me. I have also always been drawn in by the sense of community and professionalism that bleeds from every  
The Fedora Project has always been "so cool" to me, for lack of a better way to describe my feelings. I have always poured over fedoramagaine, and since beginning to use Linux 2 or 3 years ago it has been a love affair with Fedora from the start(Actually began using Korora). My experience in the military has brought me face to face with RHEL being used in different systems, and I have always felt that if it is secure enough for the US Military, it has to be good enough for me. I have also always been drawn in by the sense of community and professionalism that bleeds from every aspect of everything Fedora.
==Why the ASP.Net Project?==     
==Why the ASP.Net Project?==     
I would like to work on the ASP.NET Core web app proposed in the GSOC 2017 ideas page because I believe I have a good starting skill-set in the areas necessary. I have been working primarily with C# since I began learning to code on my own. Though I only have a very basic understanding of C#, I feel like this project would be an amazing opportunity for me to grow in the field of software development. I have great experience with HTML and CSS, and since I was in my teens have been creating basic web sites for fun. I am also proficient with Adobe Photoshop, and have an eye for graphic design.<br>
Above all else, I am a hard worker, and perform very well in small teams, as I have been for 10 years now in the military. I am excellent at task management, and can juggle multiple deadlines and projects at one time. Lastly I want to get my feet wet in the open source community. I have always wanted to contribute to the software I love and use on a daily basis, but have been to timid to make the jump myself. Please Select me for the GSOC 2017 and let me prove what a great asset I can be for Fedora.<br>
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-Stephen Onnen




 
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About You - Consider these questions
        Do you have any past involvement with the Fedora Project or another open-source project as a contributor? What kind of contributions have you made (code and non-code)? Please share any public contributions you have made (urls, etc.)
        What are you studying? Why?
        What motivates you to do your best? How do you stay focused? Briefly describe how you organize your work.
    Why Us? - Consider these questions
        Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project?
        Do you plan to continue contributing to the Fedora Project after GSoC? If yes, what sub-project(s) are you interested with?
    Why This Project? - Consider these questions
        Which specific project interests you? If you are proposing your own project, do it here. If you are proposing the project, explain why it benefits the community.
        Have you contacted the mentor(s) listed for the project?
        What relevant experience do you have for this project?
        What do you want to gain from this project?
        Describe this project in your own words. What does it mean to you? What do you think the final deliverable is?
    Why should we choose you over other applicants?
    Propose a rough schedule for this project. Ideally you will have regular deliverables throughout the entire period.
    What are you specific plans from May to September (eg: Exams in university, internships, vacations..etc). We need to know if there are periods of time where you are likely to be unavailable. We are better at accommodating these periods if we know of them in advance.

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Stephen Onnen Google Summer of Code 2017 Application

Contact Information

Name: Stephen Onnen
Email Address: stephen.onnen@gmail.com

About Me

As you can see by the title, my name is Stephen Onnen; I'm 29 years old and currently serving in the US Army as a Ranger Instructor in northern Georgia. I am married, and my wife and I just had our first child, a boy, last summer. I have been serving in the Army for over ten years now, and have been serving continuously since I graduated high school in 2006. I love the military, but I know my future is in software development and I plan on transitioning out of the military at the end of my contract this September and moving back to Des Moines Iowa(my hometown) with my wife and child.

I have always been fascinated by technology, and am currently working towards my Associates in Science degree, which I should have by the end of this summer. After achieving my associates, I will continue my education, working towards a Bachelors in Software Engineering. Though my current job is an Infantryman, and instructor at Ranger School, I still am the primary computer jack of all trades in my workplace, and also handle all our administrative systems at my unit for Ranger School. I also developed and implemented a Microsoft Access database that my Battalion uses for our administrative boards at the end of each Ranger class.

Though I have not completed any formal training on software development, in my free time I have been learning C#. Mostly just basic CLI applications thus far. I also have a good deal of experience with basic HTML and CSS, and I am also very proficient with Adobe Photoshop and Inkscape.

Why the Fedora Project?

The Fedora Project has always been "so cool" to me, for lack of a better way to describe my feelings. I have always poured over fedoramagaine, and since beginning to use Linux 2 or 3 years ago it has been a love affair with Fedora from the start(Actually began using Korora). My experience in the military has brought me face to face with RHEL being used in different systems, and I have always felt that if it is secure enough for the US Military, it has to be good enough for me. I have also always been drawn in by the sense of community and professionalism that bleeds from every aspect of everything Fedora.

Why the ASP.Net Project?

I would like to work on the ASP.NET Core web app proposed in the GSOC 2017 ideas page because I believe I have a good starting skill-set in the areas necessary. I have been working primarily with C# since I began learning to code on my own. Though I only have a very basic understanding of C#, I feel like this project would be an amazing opportunity for me to grow in the field of software development. I have great experience with HTML and CSS, and since I was in my teens have been creating basic web sites for fun. I am also proficient with Adobe Photoshop, and have an eye for graphic design.
Above all else, I am a hard worker, and perform very well in small teams, as I have been for 10 years now in the military. I am excellent at task management, and can juggle multiple deadlines and projects at one time. Lastly I want to get my feet wet in the open source community. I have always wanted to contribute to the software I love and use on a daily basis, but have been to timid to make the jump myself. Please Select me for the GSOC 2017 and let me prove what a great asset I can be for Fedora.

-Stephen Onnen


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