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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Recruiters need your help!
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:42:43
Message-Id: 546E442C.6050304@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Recruiters need your help! by Markos Chandras
1 On 11/20/2014 08:21 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
2 > On 11/20/2014 09:35 AM, Micha³ Górny wrote:
3 >> Dnia 2014-11-14, o godz. 18:59:33 Markos Chandras
4 >> <hwoarang@g.o> napisa³(a):
5 >
6 >>> The recruiters team needs your help once again. The manpower and
7 >>> time availability in the team is significantly low so we would
8 >>> welcome developers interested in assisting us and becoming
9 >>> full-time recruiters. Before you apply, please consider that this
10 >>> role requires a great deal of time and flexibility. I am sure you
11 >>> remember your reviews, which may have taken quite a few hours to
12 >>> complete. If you feel like you are up to the task, and committed
13 >>> to stay around for a while, please get in touch with us to
14 >>> discuss the first steps of your training process. In case of
15 >>> multiple applicants, we may prioritize experienced developers
16 >>> since they may require less time for training.
17 >
18 >> Maybe it'd be better to focus our efforts on reducing the
19 >> retirement and burnout rates. Of course, recruiting new people may
20 >> solve the issue of lack of manpower but Gentoo would certainly work
21 >> better if existing developers stayed active for longer periods of
22 >> time. Right now, many of them simply retire or become less and less
23 >> active because of comrel being unable to solve a few old problems.
24 >
25 > This is irrelevant and frankly this is a perfect flamebait which quite
26 > a few people will happily chew. Lets not do this here again.
27 > Please take it to comrel@ instead.
28 >
29
30 Project internal problems are neither irrelevant, nor should they be
31 discussed in private only.
32
33 But it's certainly not the right thread for this.