Job postings on the dev list ?
Hello, I wanted to ask what members of this list think about receiving / posting job opportunities (related to query optimisation / database engine) to calcite-dev ? Is it an appropriate usage of the dev@ list ? Should one use a different channel ? Thanks, Andrei.
Re: Job postings on the dev list ?
I think Apache has some kind of policy on this, but I couldn’t find a link. It’s a difficult question. If a company making a big investment in Calcite (say rewriting their engine’s query optimizer) then it is good for Calcite if someone is able to get a full-time job working on it. But we don’t want the lists to fill up with spam job postings where SQL is one of twenty skills and the person will probably end up writing JavaScript. There's a continuum between those points, I can’t find a simple way to draw a line between “good” and “bad". Here are some guidelines that might work: * Jobs must be primarily working on Calcite * We prefer posts by people who have merit in our community * Absolutely no posts by recruiters In my opinion, software recruiting is often a zero-sum game (when company X lures an employee from company Y, X wins and Y loses, and the recruiters take a slice). I don’t want to make that merry-go-round spin any faster. A “win” for Calcite would be when somebody moves from a job where they use Calcite part-time to a higher paying job where they use Calcite full-time. Our mailing list should enable those kinds of wins. Julian > On Oct 29, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Andrei Sereda wrote: > > Hello, > > I wanted to ask what members of this list think about receiving / posting > job opportunities (related to query optimisation / database engine) to > calcite-dev ? > > Is it an appropriate usage of the dev@ list ? Should one use a different > channel ? > > Thanks, > Andrei.
Re: Job postings on the dev list ?
Those guidelines sound good to me. Somewhat off-topic, but I think your characterization of recruiting as a zero sum game misses out on the candidate. Presumably a candidate takes a new position because they benefit in some way. That said, if someone really wants to find good candidates, having an engineer reach out on a dev mailing list seems more appropriate than getting a recruiter to do it. -- Michael Mior mm...@apache.org Le ven. 29 oct. 2021 à 13:48, Julian Hyde a écrit : > > I think Apache has some kind of policy on this, but I couldn’t find a link. > > It’s a difficult question. If a company making a big investment in Calcite > (say rewriting their engine’s query optimizer) then it is good for Calcite if > someone is able to get a full-time job working on it. But we don’t want the > lists to fill up with spam job postings where SQL is one of twenty skills and > the person will probably end up writing JavaScript. > > There's a continuum between those points, I can’t find a simple way to draw a > line between “good” and “bad". Here are some guidelines that might work: > > * Jobs must be primarily working on Calcite > * We prefer posts by people who have merit in our community > * Absolutely no posts by recruiters > > In my opinion, software recruiting is often a zero-sum game (when company X > lures an employee from company Y, X wins and Y loses, and the recruiters take > a slice). I don’t want to make that merry-go-round spin any faster. A “win” > for Calcite would be when somebody moves from a job where they use Calcite > part-time to a higher paying job where they use Calcite full-time. Our > mailing list should enable those kinds of wins. > > Julian > > > > On Oct 29, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Andrei Sereda wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I wanted to ask what members of this list think about receiving / posting > > job opportunities (related to query optimisation / database engine) to > > calcite-dev ? > > > > Is it an appropriate usage of the dev@ list ? Should one use a different > > channel ? > > > > Thanks, > > Andrei. >
Re: Job postings on the dev list ?
> On Oct 29, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Michael Mior wrote: > > Somewhat off-topic, but I think your characterization of recruiting as > a zero sum game misses out on the candidate. Presumably a candidate > takes a new position because they benefit in some way. Yes, that’s valid. My characterization of it as a zero-sum game was a little over broad. I was bringing in my frustrations at having to be perpetually recruiting. Julian
Re: Job postings on the dev list ?
Hello, If somebody ends up sending here it most likely means that they did their research and the position is relevant for this public. I don't worry too much about getting spammed since even j...@apache.org that is made for this is rather low volume. Receiving job posts here might also tell us where Calcite is (will be) used and what our colleagues are working on, both of which I find interesting. Personally, I wouldn't insist on some guidelines but rather leave it in common sense. Even if something completely irrelevant comes from time to time I can simply ignore it. Best, Stamatis On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:19 PM Julian Hyde wrote: > > > > On Oct 29, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Michael Mior wrote: > > > > Somewhat off-topic, but I think your characterization of recruiting as > > a zero sum game misses out on the candidate. Presumably a candidate > > takes a new position because they benefit in some way. > > Yes, that’s valid. My characterization of it as a zero-sum game was a > little over broad. I was bringing in my frustrations at having to be > perpetually recruiting. > > Julian > >