Daniel Campbell posted on Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:03:51 -0700 as excerpted: > I'm not sure what the problem with IRC is. In the context of your > quizzes, it's important that the interviews take place in real-time. It > allows a quick method of communication. It's informal, aims to be > friendly and helpful, and tests your ability to find answers on your own > in a somewhat quicker fashion. Even if you, as a dev, have little > interest in IRC or helping out in the #gentoo channel, the interview > process is valuable and will help you get faster at finding answers.
... For people who work that way. Which becomes a problem for people who don't. Not speaking for James, but addressing this more general point from my own perspective... since long ago I realized IM/IRC don't present the best side of me, and attempting to use them in stressful situations such as job interviews (even for volunteer jobs such as here) isn't likely to result in anything but disaster. Which is a shame in some ways, as I've seen generations of devs come and go in my dozen years using gentoo, and I expect I'll see generations more come and go in the coming dozen, as I don't anticipate leaving gentoo behind any time soon. But I've found other ways to contribute, both to gentoo and to the larger community, and am comfortable now in the niche and role I've created for myself, so perhaps it's for the better. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
