I remember seeing Ubuntu hiring recently, like a half a year ago or a year ago.
Their requirements was ridiculously outdated, like "we want maths geniuses with great marks, send us your marks or gtfo".
Well, well, well, who would have thought "maths geniuses" are really bad at DDoS protection and running infra in real life. And academic marks / IT degree mean nothing in real IT work.
Think twice next time you hire people, Canonical. People without a degree, but with extensive experience you rejected might have prevented this situation in the first place.
I'm not connected with this DDoS attack in any way, just in case, but I remember their arrogant hiring attitude and now it's amusing to see the outcome of it.
I find this take a bit silly. There are perhaps a dozen companies that could put as complex a surface out as Ubuntu has and actually expect to defend against any sort of sustained interest from a nation state. Canonical absolutely could have made better decisions in the design of many things for this situation but doing that as a corporation that isn't under attack is extremely hard when no one wants long delays for theoreticals.
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Their requirements was ridiculously outdated, like "we want maths geniuses with great marks, send us your marks or gtfo".
Well, well, well, who would have thought "maths geniuses" are really bad at DDoS protection and running infra in real life. And academic marks / IT degree mean nothing in real IT work.
Think twice next time you hire people, Canonical. People without a degree, but with extensive experience you rejected might have prevented this situation in the first place.
I'm not connected with this DDoS attack in any way, just in case, but I remember their arrogant hiring attitude and now it's amusing to see the outcome of it.
The last time I remember using any of their software was Unity. I'm not a Unity hater, but where is the headcount going?
I thought I was catfished by North Korea when after the third round of requirements was sent.
https://status.canonical.com/
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