Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#1

Post by samzhao » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 7:18 AM UTC

Hey startup founders! I'd like to volunteer for your startup either in office or remotely for 3 days. I live in Vancouver Canada, and I'm currently a university student at SFU; so when I can't commute, I'll work for you at home.

I do web development, including design and programming (HTML, CSS, JS, Ruby on Rails). And I also play music and have performed in numerous contests and competitions (live looping; beatbox and guitar).

Email me at zhao6518[at]gmail.com if you are interested.

Thanks!

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#2

Post by hayksaakian » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 8:19 AM UTC

You would probably get more out of working on an open source project rather than helping a startup.

My 2¢

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#3

Post by sangupta » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 8:35 AM UTC

Pick up your favorite framework in the open-source community and contribute to that - either via code, tests, documentation or helping users. This you can continue for weeks and will help you in the long run.

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#4

Post by norswap » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 8:45 AM UTC

I'm curious, why for three days? I can't imagine you could accomplish much in three days (at least, I couldn't) since you need to setup your environment, get accesses, familiarize yourself with the release system, etc...

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#5

Post by tectonic » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 8:47 AM UTC

Not a startup, but open source. I'd love to have you hack on Huginn for a couple of days! https://github.com/cantino/huginn

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#6

Post by samzhao » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 8:57 AM UTC

tectonic wrote: post #5

Not a startup, but open source. I'd love to have you hack on Huginn for a couple of days! https://github.com/cantino/huginn

Looks cool! I'll try to contribute.

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#7

Post by samzhao » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 8:59 AM UTC

sangupta wrote: post #3

Pick up your favorite framework in the open-source community and contribute to that - either via code, tests, documentation or helping users. This you can continue for weeks and will help you in the long run.

Thanks a lot for your suggestion! I agree with you that this will help me in a long run for my programming skills. However, what I'm actually looking for is experience at running a business/startup.

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#8

Post by samzhao » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 9:00 AM UTC

hayksaakian wrote: post #2

You would probably get more out of working on an open source project rather than helping a startup. My 2¢

I agree. I'll do that to improve my programming and problem solving skills. But for skills to run a business, or more specifically a startup, I think helping one is the way to go. Thanks for your suggestion though :)

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#9

Post by pootch » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 9:05 AM UTC

Would you like to do a little iOS design? I could use help with that.

Re: Can any startup accept me as a volunteer for three days?

#10

Post by yskchu » Sat, Mar 16, 2013, 9:10 AM UTC

norswap wrote: post #4

I'm curious, why for three days? I can't imagine you could accomplish much in three days (at least, I couldn't) since you need to setup your environment, get accesses, familiarize yourself with the release system, etc...

Probably means 3 days a week