On 10/8/10 2:58 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Ryan Lane wrote: >>>> It's in the strategic plan: >>>> > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2010-2011_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Answers >>> I don't see how the link you provided addresses the post you were replying >>> to at all. >>> >> As Roan pointed out, I was telling you that a full time Bugmeister was >> in the annual plan, if you had bothered to click the link, and >> searched for "Bugmeister". > Please don't be snide and wrong at the same time. Pick one. > > I don't see anything in that link (or in the related PDF) about a Bugmeister > position being full-time. (Though feel free to quote a specific section if > you think I've missed something.) As I said earlier, it's pretty common for > Wikimedia to hire folks on a non-full-time basis[1] (especially in tech > roles), which is why I found it odd that this particular position is > intended to be full-time. > I don't see anything that specifically says something about full-time either, but all of that aside, RobLa gave you a response within 20 minutes of you asking your original question: "is this really full-time local?".
Your disagreement that the open Bugmeister position should be full-time and local has been well noted. Let's move along please. - Trevor > Aryeh Gregor wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:30 PM, MZMcBride<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Given that Wikimedia already employs a number of contractors who don't work >>> full-time, I think the fact that this position would be full-time is really >>> odd. >> I think a full-time position is really needed here. There are lots of >> bugs filed, and it's not trivial to triage them, try to extract more >> information from users, assign them to the right people, and make sure >> those people fix them. Plus, the bugmeister could actually fix some >> of the bugs in their spare time. Plenty of work for a full-time >> position. > Personally, I can't see it taking more than a few hours each week (and I say > that as someone who's done a fair bit of bug triaging, assigning, and > cleanup in this particular tracker). Though I suppose it's likely that the > scope of the role would expand over time past Bugzilla. > > From discussions with some of the people involved in creating this position, > it seems that Wikimedia is specifically looking for someone who _isn't_ a > (PHP) developer because that type of person would want to fix these bugs > themselves and there's a serious concern that a developer would very likely > quickly get bored with the job after a few weeks. That's my understanding, > at least. > > MZMcBride > > [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_contractors > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
