Gentoo for Business?

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Jan 30, 2008 1:38 PM, David <david at damnetwork.net> wrote:
> Speaking only of the 'marketable skills' aspect, I disagree.   When we are interviewing
> potential new linux people, I prefer one who has gentoo experience.   Specifically
> because of what you need to go through to get it installed and working.  Now, thats not
> to say I disqualify someone who doesn't have gentoo exp.   However, given 2 almost
> identical candidates, I'll go with the one with gentoo exp.  Heck, they don't even have
> to be identical...

I'd have to somewhat agree with that, but not so strictly.  I
definitely learned a lot from doing a stage1 install and being an
early 2001 RC Gentoo user.  Another good interview question though is
to ask your candidate to name as many two character unix commands in
one minute.  See how many they get and compare that result against the
others :-)
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen
"Know something about everything and everything about something."