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On 07/15/2012 06:15 AM, Ben de Groot wrote:
On 15 July 2012 04:46, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote:
Markos Chandras wrote:
understand that quizzes is not an ideal way to hire people
either, but they worked ok for all these years
I don't
On Saturday 14 of July 2012 10:32:04 Markos Chandras wrote:
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Dear Gentoo Community,
If you are not a recruit, mentor, or wannabe mentor you may stop
reading now.
We (recruiters) decided to revert back to the quizzes for the
recruitment
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Markos Chandras wrote:
In my opinion, the quizzes contain all the knowledge that is
required for someone to start developing for Gentoo. Yes, maybe
it requires too much knowledge
So which is it? All that is required or too much?
Also,
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote:
The first time I did the quizzes, it took me 9 months. After having
been away for a couple of years, I recently returned as Gentoo
dev, and the second time I did the quizzes it took me 3 months.
I've seen others take a
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote:
I've been managing my own overlay and a few private ones for a few
years now, all while using catalyst to build more or less customized
Linux systems for me and for others.
I dive into bugzilla when a bug bites, and I'll
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote:
The first time I did the quizzes, it took me 9 months. After having
been away for a couple of years, I recently returned as Gentoo
On 15 July 2012 21:27, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote:
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote:
The first time I did the quizzes, it took me 9 months. After having
been
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:45:25 +0800
Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org 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
Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
you need to set aside a block of time (and usually two
...and you don't need to be able to put in that level of attention
every now and again when you're a developer?
Not the same amount of meta time, no.
I agree with the estimate of about two days for the quizzes.
On 15 July 2012 21:50, Ciaran McCreesh ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:45:25 +0800
Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org 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
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote:
less idiotic
idiots such as perhaps myself need years because we're doing
whatever work as opposed to learning foundation bylaws by heart.
Well, I don't think the bylaws are a terribly important topic for the
quizzes, and
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On 07/15/2012 11:11 AM, Peter Stuge wrote:
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Markos Chandras wrote:
In my opinion, the quizzes contain all the knowledge that is
required for someone to start developing for Gentoo. Yes,
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote:
Certainly. But it is likely much more interesting work and has
considerably more impact.
The mentoring period and the review have considerable impact too.
Whether you think one is more important than the other depends on you
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Dear Gentoo Community,
If you are not a recruit, mentor, or wannabe mentor you may stop
reading now.
We (recruiters) decided to revert back to the quizzes for the
recruitment process. The web application does not work as we expected.
There are a
Hi,
Markos Chandras wrote:
We (recruiters) decided to revert back to the quizzes for the
recruitment process. The web application does not work as we expected.
I've been considering recruitment for many years and I made my first
effort to prepare for recruitment about two years ago, but I
On 15 July 2012 04:46, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote:
Markos Chandras wrote:
understand that quizzes is not an ideal way to hire people
either, but they worked ok for all these years
I don't know.. Subjectively I don't think they work ok at all, since
I still haven't finished them even
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