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"Everything about everything version of my CV, the tailored version doesn't
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# Aminda Suomalainen
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<img src="https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/Mikaela/mikaela.github.io/lfs-media/avatar/250.jpeg" alt="photo of me"/>
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<span id="bio">_…is an open-source enthustiastic volunteer sysadmin in the
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Pirate Party of Finland._</span>
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<p style="text-align: center;">🏳️‍⚧​‍🏳️‍🌈️</p>
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<ul class="linklist">
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<li>Helsinki, Finland</li>
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<li><a href="https://aminda.eu">Aminda.eu</a> <a href="https://keyoxide.org/aspe:keyoxide.org:LGWNUB7QG4M326FXXBH5Z6PLVY">Keyoxide</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/{{ site.linkedin_username }}">LinkedIn</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/{{ site.github_username }}">GitHub</a> <a href="https://gitlab.com/Mikaela">GitLab.com</a> <a href="https://www.openhub.net/accounts/Mikaela">OpenHub</a></li>
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<li><a href="mailto:{{ site.email }}">Email</a> <a href="https://aminda.eu/txt/telegram.txt">Telegram</a> <a href="https://signal.me/#eu/yd0IRZ4YzHcSjNLvON2pQcsjUYdQT-nmxb3sGUvRqNMKK3wyQsVCW5FTZcrfX8up">Signal</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p style="text-align: center;">‍🏳️‍🌈️​🏳️‍⚧</p>
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## Table of Contents
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- [Volunteering, positions of trust](#volunteering-positions-of-trust)
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- [IT Skills](#it-skills)
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- [Language skills](#language-skills)
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- [Work Experience](#work-experience)
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- [Education](#education)
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- [Courses and Additional Training](#courses-and-additional-training)
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- [Hobbies](#hobbies)
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- [Societal and Political Activity](#societal-and-political-activity)
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## Volunteering, positions of trust
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- 10.2015-- _[Pirate Party of Finland](https://piraattipuolue.fi/en/)_
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- **Web Services and Instant Messaging Maintenance**
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<!-- The instant messaging team was officially founded on 27.03.2018, the web services survey on 06.08.2019, and the IT team has been in place since 11.12.2019 -->
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- _Reference: [Utu Hopiavuori](https://www.hopiavuori.net/)_
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- Unified the management of the Pirate Party's IRC channels under the
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`Atheme` `GroupServ`, centralizing access control instead of using
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individual lists for dozens of different channels.
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- Unified messaging of the party's communication channels regardless of
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where messages are originally sent from. Initially I only did `IRC` to
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`Slack` using `Slack`'s `IRC-gateway` while it was supported. I was also
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`Slack` workspace admin.
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- Set up `TeleIRC` and `Discord-IRC` to bridge communication between `IRC`,
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`Discord`, and `Telegram` for the Pirate Party.
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- Assist the PirateIRC oper team in maintaining the network, communicating
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with operators from the Pirate Parties of Australia and Sweden, and
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assisting our users (e.g., Pirate Party of the Netherlands, Pirate Party
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of Massachusetts).
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- Acted as the contact person for PirateIRC with the Matrix bridge
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maintained by the Indian Pirates, assisting with the PirateIRC end
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configurations to set up the bridge.
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- Transitioned from `TeleIRC` and `Discord-IRC` to `Matterbridge` as a
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better solution, removing `IRC` as an intermediary.
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- Maintain a `Limnoria` instance that tracks `certificate transparency`
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feeds, monitors `Git-webhooks`, and fetches titles of linked sites to aid
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users of various `IRC` and `Matrix` clients that do not fetch link titles
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for users.
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- Set up role-based access control on the Pirate Party's `Discord` server to
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ensure that not all channels are visible to everyone, providing a more
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peaceful workspace for those channels which need it.
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- Assist in the maintenance of the Pirate Party's web services, including
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updating (Debian and Ubuntu) operating systems, writing `systemd` units,
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and updating software.
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- Assist with email forwarding and mailing list creation and updates using
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`CPanel`.
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- Assist in maintaining the Pirate Party's `Nextcloud` instance, creating
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user accounts for party activists as needed.
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- Created `Matrix` rooms and spaces for the Pirate Party to allow
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participation in party instant messaging with (similar as Discord)
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restricted access to rooms requiring working peace.
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- Communicated with the Austrian Pirate Party, as the Finnish Pirate Party
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used their `Matrix` server for `matterbridge`, and I still maintain a
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relay on international Pirate Party discussion channel (Global Pirates) on
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the Austrian `Mattermost` server, `Matrix`, `Telegram`, `Discord`, and
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`PirateIRC`.
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- Assisted PirateIRC in transitioning from four `Charybdis` `IRC` servers
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and `Atheme IRC` services to a more modern `Ergo IRCd` solution that
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integrates both components.
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- Actively communicate with the upstream developers of the software used by
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the party, especially `Charybdis`, `Atheme`, `Ergo`, `Limnoria`, and
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<del>`Gitea`</del> `Forgejo`.
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- Translated the `TLG_JoinCaptchaBot` we use into Finnish.
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- Reolved `Nextcloud` server crashes caused by low memory with out of the
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container thinking by improving the `systemd.unit` and implementing
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`earlyoom`, considering additional memory to be unnecessary.
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- 19.03.2020 - 04.01.2022
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_[Federated Networks Association ry (Feneas)](https://feneas.org/)_
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- **Committee Member**
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- Even after the association's dissolution, I assist in maintaining Feneas
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Matrix rooms and engage with the community.
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- Occasionally helped update the `Matrix` server or the `Element` client by
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opening `merge-requests` for `GitLab`'s `Ansible-playbooks`.
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- Act as the Feneas group contact for [LiberaChat] IRC network,
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communicating on both sides if there are issues with [LiberaChat],
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registering Feneas namespace channels on their network, serving as channel
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operator, and requesting `vhosts` for our members to show their connection
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to the association.
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- 02.04.2019 - 19.04.2020, 07.10.2021-23.11.2021
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_[Privacy Guides](https://privacyguides.org/)_
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- **Team Member**
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- Participated in discussions on `GitHub`, in the `issues` and `discussions`
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sections, and labeled them to facilitate sorting and finding them in the
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future.
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- Reviewed `pull requests`.
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- Particularly involved in creating the encrypted DNS section, gathering
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information on solutions (`DNS over HTTPS`, `DNS over TLS`, `DNSCrypt`)
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and following their developments with interest.
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- Conducted research on suggested applications and services, assessing
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whether they met the project's criteria.
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[LiberaChat]: https://libera.chat/
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## IT Skills
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- Linux administration since 2008
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- Arch Linux, Debian, (Ubuntu, ) Fedora, SailfishOS
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- systemd (`system/user unit`s (services, timers), networkd, resolved,
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timesyncd…)
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- OpenSSHd, CUPS print server, UFW and firewalld firewalls
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- Chrony time server
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- Git
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- At least a decade of experience in all sorts of git magic, including
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managing bare repositories without pretty user interfaces, moving remotes,
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setting upstreams, fetching pull request remotes directly from terminal
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(`git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*'`),
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etc.
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- One of the most active GitHub users in Finland in
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[2013-2014](https://gist.github.com/jaukia/b23b15d2859e6cf5386b),
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[2014-2015](https://gist.github.com/jaukia/1d41a0045ab8e9f411ff),
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[2015-2016](https://gist.github.com/nikcorg/4ebdda1952976b8cc0af#most-active-github-users-gitiotop),
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…and
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[now](https://github.com/gayanvoice/top-github-users/blob/main/markdown/public_contributions/finland.md).
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- Follows best practices _in her opinion_ including `.gitattributes`,
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`pre-commit`, `.editorconfig`, which can be found in most of my
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repositories.
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- GitHub/GitLab/Gitea/Forĝejo organizations, issue tracker, labels
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- GitLab/Gitea/Forĝejo repository mirroring
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- GitHub/GitLab pages
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- DNS
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- DNSSEC, zone management, Unbound
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- DNS-over-HTTPS (iOS 14 and Windows 11 clients) and DNS-over-TLS (Android,
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systemd, Unbound clients)
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- IPv6
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- SixXS, Tunnelbroker, radvd, radvdump, Yggdrasil
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- Windows Server
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- Active Directory, Group Policy…
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- IRC
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- Charybdis+Atheme, Ergo services and servers
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- KiwiIRC, Gamja browser-based clients
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- WordPress troubleshooting
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- `bash` scripting and `Python` basics, see
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[Mikaela/Scripts](https://gitea.blesmrt.net/mikaela/scripts)
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- MySQL-basics
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- $\LaTeX$ -basics, see.
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[LaTeX directory of Mikaela/gist](https://gitea.blesmrt.net/mikaela/gist/src/branch/master/LaTeX)
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- Centralized management of web browsers through policies
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- I have written two blog posts on the subject,
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[part one on enforcing HTTPS-only mode](https://aminda.eu/blog/english/2024/05/17/https-everywhere.html)
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and
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[part two on installing and managing Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin](https://aminda.eu/blog/english/2024/05/22/policy-contentblocker.html).
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## Language skills
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- Finnish `🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟` (native)
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- English `⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⚫` (CEFRL: C1)
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- Esperanto `⭐⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫` (CEFRL: A1)
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## Work Experience
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- 13.09.2021-28.11.2021 _Digitalents Academy_
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- **[On the job training]**
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- Created a GitHub Pages-based CV (cv.aminda.eu).
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- Got acquainted with the basics of `Python` and `JavaScript`.
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- Briefly explored the `Flask` web framework.
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- Assisted other trainees with using `git`.
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- 03.2020 - 09.2020 _[Unicus Finland](https://unicus.com/fi/)_
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- **[On the job training]**
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- Prepared for the _ISTQB Foundation Level_ exam.
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- Briefly explored programming with `Python 3`, `Ruby`, and `Go`.
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- Familiarized myself with `Firefox` Developer Tools, especially for
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accessibility testing.
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- Learned about the _Web Content Accessibility Guidelines_ and accessibility
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testing, and understood how accessibility benefits me personally.
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- 28.10.2019 - 19.12.2019 _Robuntu Osk_
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- **[On the job training]**
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- Performed various tasks in support of the cooperative's operations.
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- Assisted in marketing the cooperative's services by exploring mass
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communication with `Thunderbird` extensions and `Facebook Marketplace`.
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[On the job training]: https://toimistot.te-palvelut.fi/en/work-try-out-practices-and-provisions
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## Education
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- 14.03.2024 - 11.10.2024 _Taitotalo (Helsinki)_
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- **Partial Degree in Information and Communication Technology: Maintenance
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of Cybersecurity**
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- 08.08.2012 - 29.05.2015 _Etelä-Kymenlaakson Vocational College (Hamina)_
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- **Vocational Qualification in Information and Communication Technology:
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User Support Training Program**
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## Courses and Additional Training
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- 25.05.2015 - TIEKE: Computer User's AB Certificate
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- 16.09.2014 - CCNA Discovery: Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP
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- 28.04.2014 - CCNA Discovery: Networking for Home and Small Businesses
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## Hobbies
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- Cybersecurity: I constantly follow industry news and online communities
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(IRC, Matrix).
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- "Software Testing": I often find issues or missing features in the software
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I use and, if a clear reporting channel exists, I report them.
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- Requires a user account to view the list of my
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[issues in other people's GitHub repositories](https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aissue+author%3AMikaela+-user%3AMikaela),
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[GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/dashboard/issues/?scope=all&state=all&author_username=Mikaela).
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- Political Activity: I am active in the Pirate Party and assist with
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campaigns in Helsinki, including discussing with people, distributing
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flyers, making coffee, or helping to set up slideshow presentations at the
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campaign booth.
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- Languages
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- 11.07.2014-- Maintaining my personal websites Mikaela.info, 114077943.xyz,
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and Aminda.eu, and writing a blog
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- **Webmaster**
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- I registered my domains with `Gandi` and have since used services from
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`Cloudflare`, `EasyDNS`, and `PorkBun`, especially after Gandi was sold.
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Currently, all three of my domains are managed by Cloudflare (though only
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`mikaela.info` is registered through them).
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- I maintain multiple sites on `GitHub Pages`. I originally wrote my main
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site (aminda.eu) in `HTML+CSS`, later transitioning to the `Jekyll` `CMS`,
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which generates static pages. However, it doesn't do everything for me, so
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I occasionally work with `HTML` and `CSS`, especially when I need more
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advanced tools than markdown.
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- I write blog posts on various topics, including my life and more technical
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subjects like `IRC` and `Matrix` protocols, as well as previously
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mentioned browser policies.
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- I often ponder what improvements I could make, what I could blog about,
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and frequently outline what I want to write in the site's `issue tracker`.
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- Reading
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- Localization
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- I maintain the Finnish translations for `FluffyChat` (since 19.11.2021)
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and `Nheko` (since 04.04.2022) `Matrix` clients using the `Weblate`
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translation tool. Outside of Matrix, I have translated
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`TLG_JoinCaptchaBot` (since 11.04.2022), which combats spam in Telegram
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groups.
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- I discuss the meaning of original messages with other translators, how
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they have been translated into other languages, or what special meanings
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they may have.
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- I follow discussions and feedback on translations in Matrix Finland.
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- I also support users of these applications in their respective support
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channels.
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## Societal and Political Activity
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- Pirate Party Council
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- Deputy Member 26.09.2020-25.02.2021, Full Member 25.02.2021-18.06.2022
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- Young Pirates Finland Board
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- Member 2017-06.06.2018, Deputy Member 2018-2019-01-11,
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19.01.2020-18.12.2021
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- Pirate Party Helsinki District Association, Deputy Board Member
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- 2017-2018, 2019-2021, 13.07.2022--
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- Finnish Association for Autism, Deputy Board Member
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- 14.04.2018 - 12.04.2019
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- Pirate Party Municipal Election Candidate in Helsinki 2017
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