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How To Hire Great Open Source Developers?

Posted by simoniker on from the low-uid-always-attractive dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This is the first article I've ever read specifically about hiring open source developers, and how to judge their ability not just to code but to work with others. It's reprinted over at ITMJ [part of OSDN, as this site is] from a book by Martin Fink, the General Manager for HP's Linux Systems Division. Brings up a lot of good points, including how you need to make sure your open source people are developing things (on company time) that do the company some good, not just scratching their own itches. Fun quote: 'Discover what pseudonyms your candidate uses online. Look at the archives at SlashDot and other online locales. Does your candidate hide behind secret pseudonyms to trash other individuals? Is there passion without condemnation?'"

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pay them in Indian money
    kekeke

  2. Oops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I predict a surge in Anonymous Coward posts on Slashdot...

  3. Re:Search Slashdot for their posting behavior? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thats nothing compared to my porn collection

  4. Re:Easy..... by nial-in-a-box · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well I'm not sure if it is in fact possible, but if it is, these people may know.

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    I am feeling fat and sassy
  5. Re:Easy..... by millahtime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They should not filter the porn. Porn is like food. They need it to survive.

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    Evolution or ID?
  6. Re:Beer, pizza, gnu porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GNU porn? Eeeeeeeew! Sounds worse than goatsex.

  7. Re:What not to do by infochuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh. What's that? This *wasn't* an "Ask Slashdot". I see. Right, then. Carry on. Nothing to see here.

    Uh.... . I, for one, welcome our new developer overlords?

    ???

    Profit!

    Shit.

  8. Re:Hmm, I dunno. by aastanna · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They can also find out "wether" you can spell common words. Might be a useful skill for email and code comments.