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Ruth Holloway has been a system administrator and software developer for a long, long time, getting her professional start on a VAX 11/780, way back when. She spent a lot of her career (so far) serving the technology needs of libraries, and has been a contributor since 2008 to the Koha open source library automation suite. Ruth is currently a Perl developer and project lead at Clearbuilt. You can find out more about Ruth's passions and career at her site. She's a mother, grandmother, wife, artist, public speaker, and mommy to the cutest little dog you'll ever meet.
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Don, thank you so much for your kind words. I'm glad that this piece has been good for you, and I'm honored and blessed every day sharing the Opensource.com community with you. Looking forward to seeing you soon!
After the keynotes today, I spoke to Alejandro Ruiz and Jesus Rodriguez, both from Seville, who participated in Bitnami Bootcamp. Alejandro was in the first Bootcamp, which was a month long. He said that while there was more material covered in greater depth, the month-long marathon of sustained effort was tiring! Jesus was in the second session, shortened to the current timeframe of two weeks, and while some sections about compilation and deployment of less-commonly used things were removed, the curriculum was more than adequate to give him the confidence and tools that he needed to do his job.
Both stressed the value of the Bootcamp, and how much they learned. Alejandro said, "It wasn't a competition. Some were there just to learn, and getting a job was almost secondary, and one got a job in London a few months later because of the things we learned about, and the experience of the Bootcamp was very useful to them."
Alejandro and Jesus also talked a lot about the importance Bitnami placed on teamwork, and on helping other students during the Bootcamp. The Bitnami instructors look for class members who are helping each other, and mentoring in the things they have already learned.