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This seems to be the canonical Canonical interview process – I've heard several stories like this over the years. It's always the same: interview process is overly long and a bit ridiculous, but things go relatively well. And then at the final stage Shuttleworth shows up to be a dick with a bizarre focus on high school, after which it's rejected.
> At some point, someone bought him a plate, and he started to eat, without excusing himself about doing so Whoa, that dude is full of himself.
> At some point, someone bought him a plate, and he started to eat, without excusing himself about doing so Whoa, that dude is full of himself.
> At some point, someone bought him a plate, and he started to eat, without excusing himself about doing so Whoa, that dude is full of himself.
All these Steve Jobs wannabe's somehow always overshoot yet also entirely fall short.
What an interesting use of GDPR. Boy do i wish there was something analogous where i am. Have had identical experiences with large-named places. I guess its just hard to run a fan club where everyone wants in, you have to grasp at straws to dismiss. Paraeto at work again.
Most of the folks I know that work or have worked at Canonical are smart and deeply humble, even worryingly so. I say "worryingly" in the sense that their hiring process seems to weed out people who could speak up, question authority or otherwise show hints of critical thinking. Not my cup of tea.
Shuttleworth sounds like a complete tool. His position seems to select for that.
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Interestingly this mirrors in parts my experience with Mozilla. I have experience with couple of megacorps and they were always more organized than those folks and the folks in this story. Maybe an open source org hiring problem?
based solely on anecdotes and rumors and feelings, I wonder if it's a nonprofit problem. Reminds me of the kind of grift you read about in various NGO charity type organizations
These days, the effort required for company-specific long essay applications hardly seems justified. With Generative AI readily available, it’s easy to tailor essays to appeal to particular—even narcissistic—preferences, unless someone genuinely enjoys the writing process. As a result, the whole system has devolved into a “garbage in, garbage out” exercise. What began as a meaningful way to assess candidates has larg…