# General Grant Proposal * **Project:** Application developer for Next billion collaboration, ETH SIM, and other ongoing projects ## Project Overview :page_facing_up: ### Overview This proposal is to continue engement with current contributor, Mark Rowdy to continue assist various projects in the area of front-end, smart contract developement and other development activities. ### Project Details #### Next Billion Collaboration With the arrival of candidates for cohort #4, members will be assigned to specific tasks once we identify the needs of the fellows. This will include: • Participating in ideation and discovery to determine approaches for real-world use cases. • Applying experience to assist with front-end development. • Building smart contracts based on fellows’ use cases and logic. • Ensuring all applications are performant and bug-free. ## ETH SIM Continue steady development and assist the team in completing the following: • Developing smart contracts to handle subscribers and enable network hosts to add local subscribers. • Assisting with front-end development for applications, including websites, Android apps, and portals. ## Other onging projects - Assist other project teams in PSE with front-end development, including IOU. ## Team :busts_in_silhouette: ### Team member * Names: Mark Rowdy * Email: mark@r0wdy.dev / mroddy5280@gmail.com * Telegram: Rowdy5280 * Github:https://github.com/0xRowdy ### Member's experience Mark Roddy has been a software engineer for over a decade. Mark spent the majority of his career in consulting. This provided mark with experience using several different tech stacks and allowed Mark to work at some highly regarded companies, most notably Facebook, Amazon, Vanguard, and Verizon. Mark's intrigue with blockchain began in 2016, sparking a shift in his career trajectory. Initially an investor in the blockchain space, Mark was drawn to the groundbreaking potential of smart contracts and the Ethereum platform. This curiosity transformed into a deep-seated desire to be an active builder in the Web3 world. Mark is a member of RaidGuild, an Ethereum Foundation Grantee, ETH Denver Finalist, DAO enthusiast, an advocate for Open Source and Public Goods, and a Host of CryptoMondays Denver. ## Development Roadmap :nut_and_bolt: ### Overview * **Total Estimated Duration:** 27 weeks (starts at June 10th) * **Full-time equivalent (FTE):** 1 ([see](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-time_equivalent)) * **Total Costs:** $ ### Milestone 1 * **Estimated Duration:** 3 weeks (6/10 - 6/28) * **FTE:** 30hr/week * **Costs:** $5,625 * **Estimated delivery date**: June 28th 2024 * **Deliverable**: * List of tasks performed and the time allocated to each task. * List of outputs: PRs, commits, write-ups, and etc ### Milestone 2 * **Estimated Duration:** 4 weeks (7/1 - 8/2, a week vacation) * **FTE:** 1 , 40hr/week * **Costs:** $10,000 * **Estimated delivery date**: Aug 2nd 2024 * **Deliverable**: * List of tasks performed and the time allocated to each task. * List of outputs: PRs, commits, write-ups, and etc ### Milestone 3 * **Estimated Duration:** 4 weeks (8/5 - 8/30) * **FTE:** 1 , 40hr/week * **Costs:** $10,000 * **Estimated delivery date**: Aug 30th 2024 * **Deliverable**: * List of tasks performed and the time allocated to each task. * List of outputs: PRs, commits, write-ups, and etc ### Milestone 4 * **Estimated Duration:** 4 weeks (9/2 - 9/27) * **FTE:** 1 , 40hr/week * **Costs:** $10,000 * **Estimated delivery date**: Sep 27th 2024 * **Deliverable**: * List of tasks performed and the time allocated to each task. * List of outputs: PRs, commits, write-ups, and etc ### Milestone 5 * **Estimated Duration:** 4 weeks (9/30 - 10/25) * **FTE:** 1 , 40hr/week * **Costs:** $10,000 * **Estimated delivery date**: Oct 25th 2024 * **Deliverable**: * List of tasks performed and the time allocated to each task. * List of outputs: PRs, commits, write-ups, and etc ### Milestone 6 * **Estimated Duration:** 4 weeks (10/28 - 11/22) * **FTE:** 1 , 40hr/week * **Costs:** $10,000 * **Estimated delivery date**: Nov 22nd 2024 * **Deliverable**: * List of tasks performed and the time allocated to each task. * List of outputs: PRs, commits, write-ups, and etc ### Milestone 7 * **Estimated Duration:** 4 weeks (11/25 - 12/20) * **FTE:** 1 , 40hr/week * **Costs:** $10,000 * **Estimated delivery date**: Dec 20th 2024 * **Deliverable**: * List of tasks performed and the time allocated to each task. * List of outputs: PRs, commits, write-ups, and etc