From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SqQRv-00083h-9D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:09:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B5A1E0527; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:09:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A96FE065A for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbbgk8 with SMTP id gk8so6851630lbb.40 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:08:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=fQKTUQ5x/CvP3l6tlKWO3I2ch0FUiwPXw1QZBt02Nls=; b=08Agq6zztxhobHiaznCkGPP8eraJ+9pFqlbWzTklvzxLFz8egpEvnQZiCksRGpGo3v +T6Zstig7NnY3W9U4DSDJilaKoWl+q/VGWgeilwrJ73JK8UFD0vPISagmojMsZmjycVL BADIead2PB+T1RrFzWtpgGxE2BHk0X2ZdCr7wJLmlrm3/jthMc2fnZRi3+KG0sylR2bU 8xda1D26A7fFTUfgrpL6QmO7TJBaGe1KnIeJlb9GsEHyqiG/6KTzOSC/BzKUtKwydFWT rkJx+/r47AtDOfGQp/nmazB9a12zhhl7LvuuIrj/bFQ0Og+FRr6B0TpWa0vIU8f2629i 4ZSw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.17.227 with SMTP id r3mr3884130lbd.41.1342364908184; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:08:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: yngwin@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.117.40 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:08:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120715145044.6aeca6f9@googlemail.com> References: <50013C94.8020409@gentoo.org> <20120714204625.27734.qmail@stuge.se> <20120715125620.37abf782@googlemail.com> <20120715145044.6aeca6f9@googlemail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:08:28 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: vpZeyvEKW7sP8bXvIRJHC1rzM0M Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Recruitment process is moving back to quizzes From: Ben de Groot To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: fcb6dc49-f8b9-4e30-a41d-3f7966f088ed X-Archives-Hash: de50455ca72242338b07b61200f9b664 On 15 July 2012 21:50, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:45:25 +0800 > Ben de Groot wrote: >> It's not that it takes all that much time. It can be done in say one >> or two workdays. But you need to set aside a block of time (and >> usually two, one for each of the quizzes, or more if you need to >> break it up or iterate over it after feedback) in which you can be >> relatively distraction-free and well concentrated. You need to make >> sure to check the documentation to find the wanted answers, and word >> your answers carefully to be precise and cover all angles. > > ...and you don't need to be able to put in that level of attention > every now and again when you're a developer? Certainly. But it is likely much more interesting work and has considerably more impact. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin