> 1. How meritocratic are the decisions we make today? "Not very" based on my experiences. > 2. Do we want more meritocracy, or less? Ideally you want more m

> 1. How meritocratic are the decisions we make today? "Not very" based on my experiences. > 2. Do we want more meritocracy, or less? Ideally you want more meritocracy -but- that relies on a level playing field which is much, much, much harder to implement and would involve people paying taxes, etc. > Would you accept a rubbish pull request in a personal project? Honestly, I might, if it was something I was never going to get around to and it scratched >50% of an itch. Or if I could see it had potential for later work. Or if it was from someone I wanted to have contact with. > Would you hire someone with no technical skills into a technical role in your company? If you add "relevant" after "no", you'd be surprised how often this happens.