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Do you want to help out with LuaJIT? We are looking for people...

by jgrahamc 11y ago

lukego 11y ago
Do you mean that you want to hire people as LuaJIT maintainers? That would be exciting news. If you have any details to share I would be happy to start pointing good people in your direction.
- jgrahamc 11y ago
  Yes. If someone is qualified and wants to do that we would be interested in hiring them in London or San Francisco.
pierrec 11y ago
I would love to, but I'm probably severely under-qualified (apart from having used LuaJIT extensively). I'd probably get lost pretty fast while delving further into the inner workings of the compiler, a domain in which I only have superficial knowledge. I can learn, of course, but it looks pretty steep. (And no, I do not have a CS degree, which seems like one of those useful things to have when working on a compiler.)
- nfriedly 11y ago
  You should apply anyways. There's really only two possible outcomes: * They say "no": you go on with your life, no biggie. * They say "yes": you move to SF/London and start learning :)
  - oberstein 11y ago
    Those two possibilities vary hugely in their time consideration! 1 considers the far future outcome ("you go on with your life") but 2 only considers the next few months. 2a you find out you can do it and enjoy it, great career path for the next n years, 2b you find out you can't hack it and either quit or get fired, 2bi you then do what you would have done in 1, not a huge opportunity cost, 2bii your ego suffers a huge blow and you fall into a pit of depression and drunkenness and self-doubt about ever learning anything again and you: 2biiα eventually get out and do 1 (larger opportunity cost and potential permanent damage), or: 2biiβ die soon after... A lot of people really want to avoid the 2bii tree and will shrink away from any action that seems to have a chance of leading from the bearable status quo to there.

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Do you want to help out with LuaJIT? We are looking for people...

by jgrahamc 11y ago

Do you want to help out with LuaJIT? We are looking for people...

lukego 11y ago
Do you mean that you want to hire people as LuaJIT maintainers? That would be exciting news. If you have any details to share I would be happy to start pointing good people in your direction.
- jgrahamc 11y ago
  Yes. If someone is qualified and wants to do that we would be interested in hiring them in London or San Francisco.
pierrec 11y ago
I would love to, but I'm probably severely under-qualified (apart from having used LuaJIT extensively). I'd probably get lost pretty fast while delving further into the inner workings of the compiler, a domain in which I only have superficial knowledge. I can learn, of course, but it looks pretty steep. (And no, I do not have a CS degree, which seems like one of those useful things to have when working on a compiler.)
- nfriedly 11y ago
  You should apply anyways. There's really only two possible outcomes: * They say "no": you go on with your life, no biggie. * They say "yes": you move to SF/London and start learning :)
  - oberstein 11y ago
    Those two possibilities vary hugely in their time consideration! 1 considers the far future outcome ("you go on with your life") but 2 only considers the next few months. 2a you find out you can do it and enjoy it, great career path for the next n years, 2b you find out you can't hack it and either quit or get fired, 2bi you then do what you would have done in 1, not a huge opportunity cost, 2bii your ego suffers a huge blow and you fall into a pit of depression and drunkenness and self-doubt about ever learning anything again and you: 2biiα eventually get out and do 1 (larger opportunity cost and potential permanent damage), or: 2biiβ die soon after... A lot of people really want to avoid the 2bii tree and will shrink away from any action that seems to have a chance of leading from the bearable status quo to there.