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Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by lbhdc »

manifoldgeo wrote: post #25
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 to two different Canonical jobs, and the process was so off-putting I dropped out of both at different stages. One position required me to take a psychoanalytical test where they judge your personality traits to A.) make sure you have the desired personality traits for the role and B.) that you're smart enough for the role. I looked at the terms of service for the company they outsourced this test to, and i…

> It also struck me as a red flag that Canonical is 100% BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), and they do not provide a work computer. You can apply for a _loan_ to buy a computer for work, but they will not pay for one. If a company is too cheap to provide a computer at a job where you work remotely and exclusively on a computer, I don't want to be a part of that company.

That doesn't seem so bad to me. I have always preferred personal device whenever possible. Why not cut out the ewaste?

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

#32

Post by monocasa »

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.

Oxide was similar. Something like 12 pages written just to be ghosted.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

#33

Post by marcinzm »

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.

From what I read they pay low rates but have a certain group of people really wanting to work for them. So an involved process seems good at very cheaply filtering out people unlikely to fall into the latter category. I also suspect going through such an involved process that includes praising the job would psychologically make it more likely that you'll take the low pay.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

#34

Post by pixl97 »

lbhdc wrote: post #31
manifoldgeo wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I applied to two different Canonical jobs, and the process was so off-putting I dropped out of both at different stages. One position required me to take a psychoanalytical test where they judge your personality traits to A.) make sure you have the desired personality traits for the role and B.) that you're smart enough for the role. I looked at the terms of service for the company they outsourced this test to, and i…

> It also struck me as a red flag that Canonical is 100% BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), and they do not provide a work computer. You can apply for a _loan_ to buy a computer for work, but they will not pay for one. If a company is too cheap to provide a computer at a job where you work remotely and exclusively on a computer, I don't want to be a part of that company. That doesn't seem so bad to me. I have always prefe…

Eh, because it sounds like the violation of labor laws in many places.

My company gives me a stipend for use of my own phone every month.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

#35

Post by AlexandrB »

lbhdc wrote: post #31
manifoldgeo wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I applied to two different Canonical jobs, and the process was so off-putting I dropped out of both at different stages. One position required me to take a psychoanalytical test where they judge your personality traits to A.) make sure you have the desired personality traits for the role and B.) that you're smart enough for the role. I looked at the terms of service for the company they outsourced this test to, and i…

> It also struck me as a red flag that Canonical is 100% BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), and they do not provide a work computer. You can apply for a _loan_ to buy a computer for work, but they will not pay for one. If a company is too cheap to provide a computer at a job where you work remotely and exclusively on a computer, I don't want to be a part of that company. That doesn't seem so bad to me. I have always prefe…

This might be OKish as long as Canonical doesn't insist on installing any management software or centrally-managed malware mitigation. You're still incurring wear and tear on your own hardware due to work activities though.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by noaheverett »

Stéphane was very helpful to me on the Linux Containers forum[1] when I was just getting started with LXD. We now use it in production for Ark[2] and run each of our apps in separate LXD instances across our physical nodes. It's stable and it just works.

So I am sad to hear this as it's a great loss to the LXD/LXC community, but I do hope the best for Stéphane and hope he lands somewhere he enjoys!

Thank you Stéphane for what you did for LXD/LXC and for helping me with my dumb newbie questions some years ago :)

[1] https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org

[2] https://ark.fm

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

#37

Post by mostlysimilar »

lbhdc wrote: post #31
manifoldgeo wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I applied to two different Canonical jobs, and the process was so off-putting I dropped out of both at different stages. One position required me to take a psychoanalytical test where they judge your personality traits to A.) make sure you have the desired personality traits for the role and B.) that you're smart enough for the role. I looked at the terms of service for the company they outsourced this test to, and i…

> It also struck me as a red flag that Canonical is 100% BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), and they do not provide a work computer. You can apply for a _loan_ to buy a computer for work, but they will not pay for one. If a company is too cheap to provide a computer at a job where you work remotely and exclusively on a computer, I don't want to be a part of that company. That doesn't seem so bad to me. I have always prefe…

Only if the employment agreement upholds your privacy if you use your own device. I've seen employment agreements that claim the right to access your personal device at any time if you use it for work.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

#38

Post by tptacek »

monocasa wrote: post #32
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.

Oxide was similar. Something like 12 pages written just to be ghosted.

What was the Oxide process like? What did they have you write? What was the role? Thanks!

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by anaisbetts »

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.

A friend of mine, a person with a Master's degree and multiple years of extremely relevant work experience, dropped out of their process after multiple interviews because they would not continue without having her high school report card. Absolute clown town.

Re: Stéphane Graber has left Canonical

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Post by trane_project »

monocasa wrote: post #32
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.

Oxide was similar. Something like 12 pages written just to be ghosted.

And the pay is about the same as my current job. I was thinking of applying again now that I have more rust experience just to see but then I remembered how off putting the process was.
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