On Jan 9, 2008 1:12 PM, Petteri Räty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recruiters > > > > > About the stuff I'm involved: > > > > Are we fine? > > If Calchan agrees, we are fine.
I'm taking care of recruits as fast as I can. I figure any time I spend for the recruiters project is worth a lot more than the same time spent on fixing dev-embedded, sci-electronics or other exotic ebuilds I usually maintain. The good news is I'm close to being able to keep up, i.e. there is very little backlog if any. The bad news is that we'd need to recruit more, and if an additional flow of recruits were to arrive (and that would be welcome) a backlog would certainly start to build up. Also I'm traveling more than I used to (and would like) nowadays, and I'm going to move to the US this summer. So you should expect some offlineness from my part for a few months while I swim across the pond. > > What are we going to do: > > > > Keep going as usual. All in all, we'd need an additional recruiter. Candidates are welcome, but you should know that although it is a very gratifying job, it takes a lot of time and dedication if you want to do it properly. Each recruit takes me anywhere between 6 and 12 hours depending on how many gaps I have to fill. We need as many recruits as possible, but need to have them of sufficient quality. One way to go is to reject those that aren't good enough, and another is to bring as many as you can to a level where they can be useful. I much prefer the latter because I don't think we can afford the former. We would also need to attract more recruits. I'm doing my best to relay queries from potential recruits to various teams and projects, but I'm afraid to say it's seldom that these are answered. So please, whoever you are and even if you're not a project/team leader, next time you're forwarded such mail by me please reply to the user's queries. At the very least you should politely decline the offer. And mentoring will take you some time, but it's time well invested for the future of your project. Finally, if you're a mentor, or are considering mentoring somebody, do not hesitate to contact us in case you have any questions. I have tried to update our documentation recently, so you'll find valuable practical information in there although more could be needed (suggestions welcome). And do not hesitate to go hunting for recruits instead of complaining you don't have enough time managing your Gentoo stuff. For that too we'll be happy to advise. Happy new year to each one of you. Denis.
