On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Ben de Groot 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
thinking short
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On 07/15/2012 11:11 AM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> (Please consider quoting only what is relevant. Thanks!)
>
> Markos Chandras wrote:
>> In my opinion, the quizzes contain all the knowledge that is
>> required for someone to start developing for Gentoo.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Peter Stuge 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 unless somethin
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
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 quizze
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
On 15 July 2012 21:27, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
> wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
>> Ben de Groot 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
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
> Ben de Groot 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
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Peter Stuge 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 usually generat
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
Ben de Groot 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 long time doing
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
> recru
(Please consider quoting only what is relevant. Thanks!)
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?"
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On 07/15/2012 06:15 AM, Ben de Groot wrote:
> On 15 July 2012 04:46, Peter Stuge 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 kno
On 15 July 2012 04:46, Peter Stuge 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 after m
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 hav
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