Gentoo for Business?

[Kevin Faulkner]

Just because you can name them doesn't mean you know how to use them

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:00:49 -0800
"Kristian Erik Hermansen" <kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 :-)