Felix HlatkyJan 16

Mastodon is looking for recruiting support to help us hire two exceptional backend engineers for multiple ambitious projects. More news on the specifics and the job description to follow soon.

This is a rare opportunity to work closely with our team on a non-technical project. If you might be interested in this or know someone, please get in touch. Ideally this should be fully or partially pro bono and start end of January.

#fedihired #jobs #hiring

Show threadAlex FeinmanJan 16
@mellifluousbox What does "pro bono" mean here, especially in the context of hiring?
Show threadFelix HlatkyJan 16
@afeinman Thanks for asking. Most firms offering professional services, provide a small percentage of this either for free, heavily discounted, or "at cost" to selected clients, which don't have the financial means to pay market rates (this is us, thanks to our decision to build a social network the non-profit way). For example @neil provides pro-bono legal help to @Mastodon (♥️). We're hoping there might be someone in the recruiting space doing the same.
Show threadmedium rare birdJan 16

@mellifluousbox @afeinman @neil @Mastodon this is familiar batshit mozilla-style "we're doing something unrelated and stupid that nobody asked for", but the "please do it for us for free" angle is a nice fresh twist

or, you could try the dusty but reliable free software community technique of saying wtf you'd like to do before bringing in corpo terms like "hiring" and "recruiter"

Show threadNick Kerker Jan 16
@migratory @mellifluousbox @afeinman @neil @Mastodon ...that's not at all what they're going after here. They're looking for (preferably) pro-bono help in recruiting people to work for Mastodon. That's the "non-technical project" part of the Toot. Whoever is hired would be paid. They're not enshittifying Mastodon, as you've implied, they're simply asking "Hey, does anyone with recruiting experience want to help us grow?"
Show threadauser
@thekerker @migratory @mellifluousbox @afeinman @neil @Mastodon It literally says "job description " not volunteer opportunity. Those are two very different things.
Jan 16 at 2:45pmWeb