Re: [gentoo-dev] Is Gentoo a Phoenix?

[Richard Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On 04/04/2010 02:09 PM, Denis Dupeyron wrote:
>
> All ideas regarding improving recruitment are welcome, thanks. However
> if, during your review, you were not given the impression that your
> maturity and other social skills were being assessed then you were
> being blissfully naive.  :o)

That actually wasn't what I was trying to convey (guess I need to work 
on those communications skills :) ).  I did recognize that you were 
looking to assess this, and that you felt that this was of critical 
importance.

What I was getting at is trying to identify what aspects of the whole 
recruitment process added the most value and which added the least, and 
adjusting accordingly.  I think that assessing attitude and maturity, 
and providing the tools and education needed are the most critical 
aspects of recruitment.

That's why I'm all for changing the approach to quizzes - from my 
experience it wasn't the quizzes themselves that really added the most 
value for me.  The interaction that they triggered and getting me to 
consider some of the more critical issues that come up in ebuild 
maintenance added far more value than getting every detail of the 
answers 100% correct.

The quizzes are just a tool - not the ultimate validators of ability. 
Let's use every tool at our disposal in the best way possible.

Rich