2016/11/28 One of the other MAR SMs sent me a link to his resume and I found it interesting to look back on the way he got to where he was so I decided to follow suit, although a good deal later. I am a good deal more verbose than he was but...
-- 2014/09/24 I started editing. My drive each day included a triangle from Annnapolis, MD, up to Baltimore, MD, down to Washington, DC so I had a lot of area.
2014/11/04 I sent my first PM to russblau as I was working a UR in DC. I remember running into russblau when he pointed out the error of my ways when I had started mapping alleys in DC. Yeah, these were roads I've used but they were not named and did not get mapped per DC guidelines. Around here, I discovered that each state had a wiki page and how difficult it was to navigate the wiki.
2014/11/05 I received my "Welcome to Waze Editing" PM. One of the editors in MD figured out I was there and reached out to me.
2014/11/13 I auto-promoted to R2. Looking back, those 1,000 edits seemed like a lot but I really did not learn what was going on until I started really working with the larger group. Adding and deleting mistakes definite rushed this promotion. Looking back, the new 3,000 edits seem like a double edge sword. We lose more editors if the experienced editors do not help us get there but we get that extra time
2014/12/21 Participated in my first raid in LA. I was assigned to group 14. It lasted 2 weeks and was a huge learning experience. This was where I realized that the biggest contribution a lowly R2 could make was places. This was where I developed my dislike for locking places before they are completed. Guidance was to lock gas stations to R3 but I could not finish them without an unlock request.
2015/01/06 I discovered how hard it is to coordinate a large group of people connecting from around the globe. We did a photo shoot for the LA Raid. I still have the image somewhere but it was a nice idea. This went on for several days though.
2015/01/25 Participated in my second raid in Canada, specifically in Montreal. I was assigned to Team 12 but I had a family emergency which required me to fly out of town for a week of the raid. Upon my return, I requested an extension of my AM rights to complete the tasks I was working on.
2015/02/15 Participated in my third raid in Dallas/Ft Worth. I have been there multiple times for work so I thought I would know a bunch there. Boy, I remembered nothing and had to find my way around.
2015/03/09 MegaMapRaid #1 started. I was assigned to Baltimore group #1 but I participated more as a local in the Baltimore/Washington area. I did not realize how much work it was to deal with a bunch of us outsiders running amok until I watched the swarm descend upon our area.
2015/04/04 Participated in my fifth raid in Florida. I ended up in the swamps which turned out to have a ton to do. I still had some edit area from Tampa down the gulf coast from my trip in January.
2015/06/08 Participated in my sixth raid in Philadelphia. I find it interesting that I honestly do not remember this raid except that I made the Hall of Fame.
2015/07/02 Participated in my seventh raid in China. I found this raid unenjoyable and ended up giving up after a few days. I am very particular about the work I do (at least most of the time) and we did not have a real source of truth here. We were adding roads from aerials only and hoping someone would come along later to add names etc.
2015/07/19 Participated in my eighth raid in Boston. I was assigned to group #8.
2015/08/15 Received an AM expansion in Frederick to assist with western Maryland. Once I got started working there and helping the locals up there, I realized how small the area was. I am a firm believer that you do not ask for more until you have cleaned up what you have so I worked on this.
2015/12/01 I started my second international MapRaid in Venezuela. I was in group #5. I had the same issue that I had in China, namely a lack of official sources and I did not enjoy doing half a job so I was only half-hearted into this raid. I determined that I was no longer going to do international mapraids after this one.
2016/03/01 Participated in my ### raid in Pennsylvania. We were working on speed limits.
2016/03/08 Participated in my ### raid in Rhode Island. We were again working on speed limits and we overlapped with the Pennsylvania MapRaid.
2016/03/30 Promoted to R4 and started discussions about an AM expansion.
2016/09/15 Promoted to State Manager in Maryland.
2017/01/17 Promoted to R5.