Linux Loses Talent
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Yes, nobody wants to work with Shuttleworth, it's a pain. Yes, Canonical has insane interview processes, which is partly why it doesn't attract talent.
But Canonical is at fractional scale compared to even SUSE, let alone Red Hat and IBM. If you want to "develop linux," Canonical is not the place to go to. You might be better off joining Google than Canonical, honestly.
No reason it could not be expanded later to motivate other projects.
Literally people are asking to read something you wrote, as a captive audience. Already made the sale (at least the first few pages).
I would have had the same knee-jerk reaction a decade ago, when words were cheap and life long. Now there is less time for everything.
Healthy physical activity, in the lovely summer weather, with a chance to closely observe the flora and fauna of a vigorous subtropical jungle environment.
Having kept a blog or journal, material could be collected from that.
> bill Canonical... insane...
Well, that's a separate question. I'm not sure. But 10+ rounds seems excessive.
Nobody's disputing that. But why do I need Canonical to do it? And why do I need to submit the work to Canonical for my interview?
To me, this'd be an indicator of how Canonical is going to treat my time in the future. If they don't care about me doing hours of free work for their silly interview games (while I have a full-time job, family, and daily responsibilities), I can infer that they most likely won't care about my well-being if faced with overtime on site.
He seems to have concluded that Canonical has lost the plot so much that there is no hope.
I despise Canonical just as much I despise Microsoft. I still use Linux though.