Lessons Learned

[Max Spevack]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Christopher Blizzard wrote:

> But in Mike's case I think it was "Mike's doing great work.  I'll bet if 
> we hire him he will do even more great work because then he doesn't have 
> any distractions."  I think it's as simple as that.  A chance to do more 
> of what you were doing before.

Yes, exactly.

"Wow, person $FOO does so much great stuff, basically in their spare time 
and with no managerial oversight.  Let's make it so this person can do 
that full time, and also give them a bit more guidance/help than before, 
and the results should be incredible."

And that's what it will be everytime Red Hat fills a job with someone from 
the Fedora community -- and we will continue to do so a little bit at a 
time.

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