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On 15 July 2012 21:27, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ciaran McCreesh |
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> <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800 |
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>> Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> The first time I did the quizzes, it took me 9 months. After having |
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>>> been away for a couple of years, I recently returned as Gentoo |
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>>> dev, and the second time I did the quizzes it took me 3 months. |
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>>> I've seen others take a long time doing them as well. Davide (pesa), |
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>>> one of our most valued contributors in the Qt team, took close |
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>>> to two years I think. |
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>> |
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>> If it's taking you that long, you're doing something wrong... The |
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>> quizzes are pretty easy, and only test the bare minimum of what you |
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>> should know. They shouldn't take you more than a couple of hours. |
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> I'd be interested in why it was taking so long as well. I took the |
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> quizzes first when becoming an AT, and later when becoming a dev. The |
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> level of rigor was much higher of course when becoming a dev - which |
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> was appropriate. I did struggle because policies were not always |
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> spelled out, so many of the questions took interaction with my mentor |
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> to resolve. Sometimes the indirectness of some of the questions was |
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> frustrating, but it didn't take more than maybe 8 hours in total with |
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> revisions/etc. |
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It's not that it takes all that much time. It can be done in say one or two |
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workdays. But you need to set aside a block of time (and usually two, |
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one for each of the quizzes, or more if you need to break it up or |
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iterate over it after feedback) in which you can be relatively |
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distraction-free and well concentrated. You need to make sure |
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to check the documentation to find the wanted answers, and word |
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your answers carefully to be precise and cover all angles. |
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Since it is a low-urgency and low-fun task, most of us will end up |
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doing other things on our to-do list, or simply being distracted. |
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It then gets postponed again and again and again. |
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Cheers, |
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Ben | yngwin |
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Gentoo developer |
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Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin |
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