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Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 22:19:06 +0200
From: Zeerak Mustafa Waseem <zeerak.w@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Is Gentoo a Phoenix?
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esOn Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 07:33:53AM -0400, Richard Freeman wrote:
> On 04/03/2010 06:19 AM, Tobias Scherbaum wrote:
>
> I really think that the Gentoo recruitment process needs improvement.=20
> Right now it seems like a LOT of effort is required both to become a=20
> Gentoo dev and to help somebody become a Gentoo dev. That means we have=
=20
> great people, but not many of them.
>=20
> I think the problem is that our recruitment process uses the ability to=
=20
> answer complex technical and organizational questions as a way to assess=
=20
> maturity. I think that maturity is far more important than technical=20
> skill in a distro - a mature person will recognize their own limitations=
=20
> and exercise due diligence when stepping outside of them. Instead of=20
> playing 20 questions and going back and forth with recruits, maybe a=20
> better approach would be to cut down the questions dramatically (or more=
=20
> clearly put their answers in the documentation), and then use other=20
> approaches like references and interviews. A new recruit might be given=
=20
> the names of 5 devs that they will need to interview with for 30-60=20
> minutes by phone or IRC (preference on phone), and they will need to=20
> submit references, who will be contacted. When we hire people at work=20
> we don't play trivial pursuit with them, we use an interview to get a=20
> feel for what they're like and how they handle situations, and we screen=
=20
> resumes and references to determine experience. I'm sure any of the=20
> professional linux distros would work in the same way, but perhaps=20
> somebody should ask around and see how it is done elsewhere.
>=20
I'm not exactly sure how you'd want the references to work, I mean, as in p=
rior jobs/projects worked on?
I know that I'd like to help out with development, but as it stands I don't=
think I have the necessary skills (various programming language etc), so t=
hat is something I'm working on.=20
As a consequence I naturally don't have any references (and might not by th=
e time I feel ready) but that wouldn't necessarily mean that I'm not qualif=
ied to be working as a dev. Also one could imagine that a number of other p=
eople without references, but the necessary qualifications might think "To =
hell with this, I'll just put my effots somewhere else".
Another thing, you write that phone is preferred but I know that I act rela=
xed in text with new people and as myself. Whereas on the phone I hold back=
a bit, and don't really act myself. So perhaps the preference should be th=
e manner in which the one being interviewed is more comfortable with and wi=
ll act more naturally.
Anyway these are just my 2 cents.
--=20
Zeerak Waseem
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