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Hey Mark Shuttleworth's bonkers interview process for jobs at Canonical made Ask a Manager!
(The letter doesn't name the company, but a commenter recognized it - as did I, while reading the letter - and the letter writer confirms in the comments.)
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Just merged the first PR from another person to my Turn the Tables repo! Logan Arkema designed this very cool sticker that says: "I like my hackers like I like my SQLi: IN A UNION" You can find it here: https://github.com/shaunagm/turn-the-tables/blob/main/resources/stickers/hacker_UNION_sticker/hacker_UNION.png Reminder: if you have resources related to organizing in tech, or organizing more generally, I'd love to add them to my repo, so feel free to open up a PR or send them to me here! I also added this gorgeous poster from Sam Wallman "You Don’t Have To Hate Your Job To Want A Union" https://justseeds.org/graphic/you-dont-have-to-hate-your-job-to-want-a-union/ Slack just announced they're deleting most of the message history of workspaces on the free plan. They are not giving groups a chance to save their older messages. We still only have access to last 90 days. Options are: buy a paid plan for a month and use it to download your archives, or abandon your workspace history. May be able to hack this with free trials but either way it's a reminder that VC funding will run out and the free things you've come to rely upon will be used to exploit you.
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 @shauna I had this on my drafts as initial research, published it for your viewing pleasure  @shauna There are more stuff worth checking out below |
@shauna I am a South African of roughly Mark's age and I can say that SA is fixated on school results. In school it was drummed into us that results equal work/destiny.
Every CV has to have the them. Not sure why but it's still real today with CVs and job listings here.
I think his earlier self is showing through here.
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As it's Canonical, they are a privately-held company:
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06870835
So my usual advice won't apply.
- If it's a publically-listed company, buy one share before you apply for a job there.
This becomes your Right-To-Sue-As-A-Minority-Shareholder, and everything the staff say to you is admissible evidence. :D
@shauna Yeah, I'm an extremely qualified candidate and the Canonical process was extremely laughable. But my story isn't anything interesting compared to ask-a-manager.