Post #2269632
2024-03-18 14:29 UTC
Replies (19)
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@sara@hachyderm.io 2024-03-20 14:12
It's been real(ly cathartic), but I need to mute this thread now so I can use mastodon again 😅 Thanks, everyone, for reading & sharing your own stories! My DM/direct conversation box remains, always, open.
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@sara@hachyderm.io 2026-05-04 16:07
This thread is making the rounds again for some reason so I thought I'd add a 2026 correction: turns out rolling releases are actually *fine* these days, even for a work machine tldr: btw :arch_linux:
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@tomchadwin@en.osm.town 2024-03-18 15:01
@sara@hachyderm.io Good God. I mean, like... Good God.
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@me@cutiecluster.cc 2024-03-18 15:58
@sara@hachyderm.io you do you,but this whole debacle has turned me off of using Canonical products entirely. Debian runs the same packaging system if i REALLY need deb packages
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@jonny@neuromatch.social 2024-03-18 16:19
@sara@hachyderm.io What else can one say but holy moly
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@ColinTheMathmo@mathstodon.xyz 2024-03-18 16:58
Calling @Chartodon@mathstodon.xyz Spine ... @sara@hachyderm.io
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@nshiell@fosstodon.org 2024-03-18 17:31
@sara@hachyderm.io Your clearly good at dev rel stuff to get that far, so well done anyway. If they say your not right for our company, then that means the company isn't right for you
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@astrojuanlu@social.juanlu.space 2024-03-18 17:39
@sara@hachyderm.io This was hugely painful to read the first time in Slack, and I still read the whole thing again because it's plain shocking... I'm so sad you had to go through this, and happy that you landed in a good place.
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@lamemakes@mastodon.social 2024-03-18 20:04
@sara@hachyderm.io This thread was SO validating! Before my current position I was desperate to work in anything open source. Getting a callback from Canonical was a breath of fresh air after months of no luck. THEN came the insane questions ab highschool, IQ tests, and other busywork just to get a rejection at the end of it. Made me feel nuts.
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@wills@mastodon.xyz 2024-03-18 21:02
@sara@hachyderm.io thank you so much for sharing (and warning others how disrespectful that process is (& those questions by MS!); if that experience isnt indicative of shitty corporate culture; i don't know what is (& indicates what Ubuntu's community has accomplished despite that hiring process). hopefully you've found a new place of employment that respects you a lot more.
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@tshirtman@mas.to 2024-03-18 22:07
@sara@hachyderm.io damn, I met him at an event (15 maybe?) years ago and he left me a good impression, but of course it's entirely different to be someone visiting a community enthusiastically promoting your product, and being a ceo looking for people to work with, seems like this process got way out of hands, sorry you had to go through that.
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@rebeccafinn@topspicy.social 2024-03-18 22:51
@sara@hachyderm.io All I'll say is that I fell out of love when Jono left. (And with that, I just carbon-dated myself). Glad to hear that you are happy. Thanks for sharing 😊
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@sinvega@kolektiva.social 2024-03-19 08:48
@sara@hachyderm.io now picturing a tv series about someone who does months of prep and schemes in order to get through this process and get close to the ceo so they can stab him
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@jspc@social.treehouse.systems 2024-03-19 12:33
@sara@hachyderm.io I applied for an Engineering Manager role there a while back and had to drop out at the highschool questions. Like, this is a job in a UK office, presumably posted (or at least vetted, or at least seen) by someone who grew up here, so why don't they at least make a passing reflection to our education system? What should I correspond High School with? Here any school with that title largely finishes at 16. We also don't have rankings. Our university system doesn't have majors. I gave them the feedback that I wasn't sure how to answer, and whether they had any guidance. Nothing. Sounds like I had an easy escape!
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@tealeg@mastodon.online 2024-03-19 15:43
@sara@hachyderm.io relevant: https://fosstodon.org/@foo/112123042212050620
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@theDrake@mastodon.social 2024-03-20 04:57
@sara@hachyderm.io I had a similar experience applying for a Technical Author role. Shuttleworth is an eccentric, egotistical, elitist a$$hole. He was hostile, even accused me of "skulduggery" (lol) and claimed my resume was "shady" (???). It was clear he hadn't read most (if any) of the docs I sent and was fixated on how I responded to his bizarre questions about high school. 🤣 Everyone else wanted to hire me, but that didn't matter. Goes to show: all workplaces should be democratic, not dictatorships! ✊
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@KoraunuiPakeha@cloudisland.nz 2024-03-20 05:00
@sara@hachyderm.io Yesterday I listened to an interview by Mary C Murphy on Cultures of Growth vs Cultures of Genius. What you’ve experienced is what she calls a Culture of Genius. It’s death to teamwork and to innovation. Ubuntu is doomed under this culture. I’ve been mulling a shift, but laziness was winning for a bit. I’m back onto yeah maybe Nix will be a growth experience rather than dead distro walking
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@vitiman@masto.bimbiribase.xyz 2024-04-28 21:54
@sara@hachyderm.io I have bookmarked your thread to read it relaxed when I could. A year ago, I started the same process (from a fake offer in my local town 😤) and the questions were really tedious to me, and it's just the beginning of a calvary after read everything. Finally got another job while writing the essay in just three days, and I dropped it. I was not able to waste my time on it. Sorry you got through this, but thank you to share it with us 😊
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@roomey@mastodon.ie 2024-05-08 21:42
@sara@hachyderm.io Hi Sara, sorry I know this is an old post but yes I went through this too. My lovely rejection email said because they were so busy they couldn't provide feedback, but then I got an automated email a week later asking me for feedback on the recruitment process. Seems insane but I'm viewing it as a rite of passage! I ran the gauntlet 😂