Related: Pro-Iran crew turns DDoS into shakedown as Ubuntu.com stays down (80 points, 78 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47975729
Their requirements was ridiculously outdated, like "we want maths geniuses with great marks, send us your marks or gtfo".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.
Man that like barely scratches the surface of the surrealness of canonical's hiring process
I finally had a brain fart in the umpteenth interview and was not offered a job.
Cray cray
Geniuses like I’ve never even met? Weirdly hyper-specialized types? Ambitious con artists?
Maybe friends of current employees get to skip the BS gauntlet?
Needless to say, this is just absolutely bizarre. What kind of kid you were is a terrible proxy for professional competence or even present-day fit. (Not to mention that people's high school experiences are very likely to differ greatly based on things like socioeconomic status, race, sex, sexual orientation, disability, etc., and imposing a normative idea of what high school experiences ought to look like would probably unfairly discount candidates through no fault of their own.)
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.
Dogfooding is a valid strategy to improve their product, but you’d be heavily invested in Juju’s success.
