Ed Grosvenor

Locations / Office Hours

Closed For The Season

I am in Cambridge until late November. The COVID outlook for Illinois does not look promising for in-person collaboration through 2020, so I'll be back to online only when I return.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Tuesdays and Thursdays

I am available for online collaboration on Tuesdays and Thursdays and, weather permitting, outdoor in-person collaboration in Cambridge or Boston through November 20, 2020.

Pop Up Locations

None Currently Scheduled

I do not anticipate doing any international travel in 2020. We are tentatively looking at a return to New Zealand in late 2021, COVID willing.

About My Office Hours

What exactly are "office hours"?: I've been a developer for a couple of decades now and I recognize the importance of getting away from my own screen and my own projects once in a while. I grow as a developer by helping others grow. So I make myself available to mentor, debug, or do what I can to move roadblocks out of the way of developers who need it. To that end, I set aside a little of my week specifically for this purpose.
What do I do with unused office hours?: I work on open source. Usually my own stuff, but if a maintainer I follow has put out a call for help on something I'll often give it a try. If you want another pair of eyes on your open source project, let me know!
Why does location matter?: It mostly doesn't. But before COVID-19 I held some of my office hours in person. Mentoring over coffee, iterating over a conference talk, etc. I hope to get back to that again when doing so becomes safe and feasible again.

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