Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber

Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by gabereiser on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:39AM (#36668007)

I applied and got to the essay and turned back. Feels like college admissions all over again. I’m too old and too mature for that. Technical questions? Fine. Behavioral, sure. Firing squad of 5 engineers for 3 hours of co-programming, ouch but ok… 1,000 words on why I love Canonical? I have just 6 letters: Ubuntu. If you really want to shave the neck beard down to 5: Debian.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by amelius on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:42AM (#36668038)

> 1,000 words on why I love Canonical

ChatGPT to the rescue?

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by gabereiser on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:47AM (#36668104)

There’s only so many ways to say kubernetes. I don’t think LLM can write a pager on Canonical without sounding repetitive.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by saghm on Monday July 10, 2023 @12:57PM (#36669181)

I don't think a lot of humans could either; I doubt I could!

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by roarcher on Monday July 10, 2023 @03:34PM (#36671776)

486 words. If there's one thing I've noticed ChatGPT sucks at, it's writing things with a specific number of words.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by bennettnate5 on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:44AM (#36668067)

Debian is 6 letters as well, though I agree--Debian really brings most of what I love about Ubuntu.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by gabereiser on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:46AM (#36668092)

Ugh, you’re right, Mondays suck. Debian is also 6 letters. However, it’s Ubuntu that really brings what I love about Debian. Ubuntu is downstream. Debian is up. Debian will always have a place in my lab.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by hx8 on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:48AM (#36668121)

I wish more companies screened for writing competency. The better the writer, the smaller the 1000 word hurdle is. With async & remote work this skill is as important as ever.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by cranium on Monday July 10, 2023 @12:12PM (#36668433)

A good technical writer produces clear and concise text. A 1000 word essay about the company is more of an exercise in creativity (and one might even say an exercise in "brown nosing").

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by Sunspark on Monday July 10, 2023 @12:05PM (#36668332)

You are writing why you LOVE Canonical though. It's not enough to like them or respect them. You have to LOVE them. For 1000 words.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by glonq on Monday July 10, 2023 @04:11PM (#36672276)

I'd do that, in exchange for Canonical writing a 1000 word essay on what they love about me. Employment is a two-way street.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by gabereiser on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:53AM (#36668205)

As mentioned, ChatGPT will just fill in. Want me to write 1,000 words? Fine, but let me chose the topic. I’ll keep it technical.

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Re:Time to Move On – Stéphane Graber by pengaru on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:33PM (#36670937)

I'll write a 1000 word essay about something technical I've worked passionately on. What is that, ~100 lines of text? Trivial.

About loving your company? I'm pursuing employment, not trying to join a cult here.

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