Stéphane Graber has left Canonical • Hacker News Board

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by firmnoodle » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:43 PM UTC

ilayn wrote: post #4

ss1996 wrote: post #2

On a side note - has anyone applied to Canonical for a software job? Their first step is a written interview which requires as much, if not more, effort as a graduate college application.

Immediately withdrew after seeing the high school grade questions.

What kind of student were you in high school. Tell us in 5,000 words or more.

Now take this personality test. Now do this other crazy thing.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by rvz » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:44 PM UTC

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Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by bennettnate5 » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:44 PM UTC

reactordev wrote: post #9

ss1996 wrote: post #2

On a side note - has anyone applied to Canonical for a software job? Their first step is a written interview which requires as much, if not more, effort as a graduate college application.

I applied and got to the essay and turned back. Feels like college admissions all over again. I’m too old and too mature for that. Technical questions? Fine. Behavioral, sure. Firing squad of 5 engineers for 3 hours of co-programming, ouch but ok… 1,000 words on why I love Canonical? I have just 6 letters: Ubuntu. If you really want to shave the neck beard down to 5: Debian.

Debian is 6 letters as well, though I agree--Debian really brings most of what I love about Ubuntu.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by clvx » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:44 PM UTC

Stephane is a great guy. I never met him but we had several discussions in the LXC mailing list before the LXD project became a thing. His knowledge helped me to enter to the linux container world and made a career of it.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by gabereiser » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:46 PM UTC

bennettnate5 wrote: post #13

reactordev wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I applied and got to the essay and turned back. Feels like college admissions all over again. I’m too old and too mature for that. Technical questions? Fine. Behavioral, sure. Firing squad of 5 engineers for 3 hours of co-programming, ouch but ok… 1,000 words on why I love Canonical? I have just 6 letters: Ubuntu. If you really want to shave the neck beard down to 5: Debian.

Debian is 6 letters as well, though I agree--Debian really brings most of what I love about Ubuntu.

Ugh, you’re right, Mondays suck. Debian is also 6 letters. However, it’s Ubuntu that really brings what I love about Debian. Ubuntu is downstream. Debian is up. Debian will always have a place in my lab.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by gabereiser » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:47 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #10

reactordev wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I applied and got to the essay and turned back. Feels like college admissions all over again. I’m too old and too mature for that. Technical questions? Fine. Behavioral, sure. Firing squad of 5 engineers for 3 hours of co-programming, ouch but ok… 1,000 words on why I love Canonical? I have just 6 letters: Ubuntu. If you really want to shave the neck beard down to 5: Debian.

> 1,000 words on why I love Canonical ChatGPT to the rescue?

There’s only so many ways to say kubernetes. I don’t think LLM can write a pager on Canonical without sounding repetitive.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by hx8 » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:48 PM UTC

reactordev wrote: post #9

ss1996 wrote: post #2

On a side note - has anyone applied to Canonical for a software job? Their first step is a written interview which requires as much, if not more, effort as a graduate college application.

I applied and got to the essay and turned back. Feels like college admissions all over again. I’m too old and too mature for that. Technical questions? Fine. Behavioral, sure. Firing squad of 5 engineers for 3 hours of co-programming, ouch but ok… 1,000 words on why I love Canonical? I have just 6 letters: Ubuntu. If you really want to shave the neck beard down to 5: Debian.

I wish more companies screened for writing competency. The better the writer, the smaller the 1000 word hurdle is. With async & remote work this skill is as important as ever.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by magicalhippo » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:49 PM UTC

rvz wrote: post #12

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He worked mostly on LXD[1]. This seems related to the recent move[2] of Canonical taking over the LXD project, discussed here[3].

[1]: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/canonicals-loses-promine...

[2]: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/

[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36592343

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by loloquwowndueo » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:50 PM UTC

rvz wrote: post #12

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Former lead of the LXD project, the person TFA discusses (actually, author of TFA) ?

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by 0xbadcafebee » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 3:53 PM UTC

CLAs are a great reason not to contribute to corporate source. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't really know all the implications of what I'm signing, and I'm not gonna hire a lawyer just to send you a bug fix for your own product. Either take my code without a contract or live with the bugs.