Supporting open source work

# Summary

# Personal situation and constraints

Visa conditions limit paid work to 20 hours per week. The author needs part‑time, well‑scoped work compatible with that cap while completing a thesis.

# Open source work and contributions

The author has used R for eleven years and contributed to the R ecosystem for eight. They list specific projects to show where they have experience and what they maintain:

• Chilemapas: an R package for creating administrative maps of Chile.

• Capybara: integrates R and Stata approaches for models with many fixed effects.
• R GUI 2: a simple R GUI designed for accessibility (works with typing assistants and screen readers).
• Tabler for R (in progress): an alternative to Shiny focused on multi-user and multi-session support without tying to a specific server or provider.

They have also contributed to pointblank, usethis, base R, and Spanish translations of much of R for Data Science. Maintaining accessibility and community usefulness is a stated priority.

# What the author is looking for

They are actively seeking paid, remote work that fits within a 20‑hour weekly limit. Specific roles and tasks they list:

• Writing code or maintaining R packages
• Technical writing and documentation
• Research assistant roles focused on data analysis, reproducible research, or econometrics
• Fixing or diagnosing problems in data workflows and software

They note that finding work has become harder as organizations adopt automated tools that sometimes introduce issues. They prefer well‑scoped collaborations or part‑time contracts that can be scheduled around thesis obligations.

# How to support this work

• Hire the author for short, defined tasks on R packages, data workflows, documentation, or research tools that fit a 20‑hour week.
• Sponsorship: the author has enabled GitHub Sponsors for those who value their packages and writing and want to help sustain maintenance.

The author provides additional skills beyond R, including experience with C++, Python, and SQL.

# Practical next steps for interested parties

If you maintain a project that needs regular maintenance, encounter accessibility or reproducibility gaps, or need econometrics and data‑analysis support, consider a part‑time contract or a short scoped task. The author is explicitly offering to help with existing open-source projects and research workflows that can be completed within visa limits.