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Hi guys, |
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On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 3 April 2010 13:33, Richard Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>> I really think that the Gentoo recruitment process needs improvement. Right |
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>> now it seems like a LOT of effort is required both to become a Gentoo dev |
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>> and to help somebody become a Gentoo dev. That means we have great people, |
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>> but not many of them. |
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> I agree. So what can we do to improve this process? |
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> I myself am not fond of the quizzes, and from what I've seen most |
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> recruits find them tedious as well. It can be quite demotivating, |
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> maybe because it reminds one too much of highschool or something. |
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> I took a long time myself to finish them, and that wouldn't have |
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> been necessary, as my mentors ensured me I was ready to become a |
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> dev. And I see the same thing happening with some of my own recruits. |
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> They can be ready, but just find the quizzes a chore. |
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I understand that quizzes serve a purpose and IMHO, are a good way |
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to face common issues when writing ebuilds. On the other hand, I |
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understand that quizzes are lengthy and could become a blocker in the |
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recruitment process (I have met at least two prospects drop out due to |
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the inability to finish them, being for lack of time to concentrate or |
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because they got bored by the chore.) |
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Maybe if we could find the way to make the knowledge found in |
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quizzes be more "exciting" to new devs, then we could still have a |
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strong recruitment process without the burden of completing the |
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quizzes. So, what I propose is to transform the "quizzes" part of the |
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process into a list of tasks the prospect should complete in order to |
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gain the necessary ability to "pass". This ability could be measured |
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in points or just by task completed. |
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Then it gets interesting for them and for us. Those tasks could be |
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to tackle problems from the quizzes but in real ebuilds (prepared by |
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us for this, much as when recruiters ask us to clean some ebuild) or |
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could be tasks created by teams to specifically address common issues |
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in their domain if the prospect is trying to join them or shows an |
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interest on helping this specific team. |
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> Of course this doesn't address the organizational side of things, so |
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> we need to come up with something else for that. |
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This doesn't address them either. But I really don't think this is |
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the main issue that causes the problem :) So I guess these questions |
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could remain in one "easy" quiz. |
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> Ben de Groot |
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> Gentoo Linux Qt project lead developer |
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If I can be of any assistance in this, I'll gladly help. |
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Jesus Rivero (Neurogeek) |
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Gentoo Python Team |