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Hi All, |
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The dev-wiki has been updated to reflect our new team structure (many thanks to |
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Thread!). I haven't really gotten much response about who wants to be on what |
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team; if you're a developer, you *need* to get this info to me or I'll pick a |
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team for you. Also, we have lots of team leader positions open. I hope my last |
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email didn't scare anyone from becoming a team leader; to compensate, here are |
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some of the good things about being a team leader: |
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- you'll have the ability to shape a complete section of the Gentoo Linux |
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distro. |
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- you'll have a team of developers at your command. |
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- you'll be interacting with me and Achim directly; if you're not a team |
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leader, you'll be reporting to the team leader rather than me and Achim, so |
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your contact with us will be limited. |
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- you will be playing a key role in making Gentoo Linux ready for prime-time, |
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and if you do a great job your efforts will not be forgotten after Gentoo |
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Linux 1.0. Any excellent team leaders will become a key part of our |
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development team. When we start generating income, that could potentially |
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translate into a full-time staff position. |
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- This is chance to prove yourself by helping Gentoo Linux. As you do, Achim |
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and I will gradually give you more authority. Our goal is to use the Team |
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Leader position to cultivate developers who want to rise to the "achim" and |
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"drobbins" level of Gentoo Linux expertise. This will allow us to |
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potentially put some of our Team Leaders in charge of, say, the entire x86 |
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version of Gentoo Linux so that me and Achim can focus on the PowerPC and |
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other processors, as well as other Unix operating systems. Or, |
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alternatively, you may lead these new development efforts. Basically, by |
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becoming a Team Leader, you will be putting yourself in a position where you |
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can eventually manage the entire distro. We're going to spend more time |
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personally interacting with our Team Leaders and give you the resources you |
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need to gain this experience and expertise. |
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- Prestige. Since you will be getting involved in Gentoo Linux development in |
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a non-trivial way, you'll have something of significance to add to your |
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resume. |
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We have Team Leader positions open in the System, Tools, Infrastructure and and |
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Server teams. All developers please get back to me and let me know how you'd |
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like to be involved in the new team structure: You need to tell me a team name |
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you'd like to be part of and whether or not you'd like to be a team leader. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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