Option 3: create a dedicated mailing list for job openings. On Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 17:18 Ingo Klöcker <kloec...@kde.org> wrote:
> Hi Albert, > > On Donnerstag, 25. November 2021 14:44:56 CET Albert Astals Cid wrote: > > I know a company that would like to hire people with a skill set that > > is relatively common inside the KDE community, the job is not strictly > > KDE related, one could call it KDE-adjacent. > > > > How do we feel about such job offers being sent here? > > I'm not sure whether you are talking about jobs that will benefit KDE > because > working on KDE's offering (e.g. KDE Frameworks) is part of the job or > whether > you are talking about some Qt job which will not benefit KDE because the > person will work on code that is orthogonal to KDE and maybe even > proprietary. > > I'm not okay with job offers for non-Free Software jobs. There are more > than > enough portals to look for non-Free Software C++ and Qt jobs. > > I think I would be okay with Free Software job offers that are > "KDE-adjacent". > In fact, I might be interested. > > > Pro: > > * We want people of the community to get [potentially better] jobs > > ... which still allow them to contribute to KDE at least a bit. > > > Con: > > * The list could filled with job offers that are not really KDE > > related since it's hard to define what "KDE-adjacent" really means. > > I think it should be restricted to jobs that benefit the Free Software > ecosystem. > > OTOH, I think I would prefer to use a separate dedicated mailing list for > this. I have mixed feelings about mixing community discussions with job > advertisements. Maybe it would be okay if the job ads were clearly marked > in > the subject, e.g. with "[Job]" so that one can easily filter them out > (physically or mentally). There should also be a clear policy that replies > to > job offers must not be send to the list and that job offers should not be > commented or discussed on this list. All of this would be much easier with > a > separate mailing list. > > Regards, > Ingo