So op thought "I want to develop Linux" and applied to Canonical? That's like wanting to make it as a painter and going to your local highschool to study. Yes,

So op thought "I want to develop Linux" and applied to Canonical? That's like wanting to make it as a painter and going to your local highschool to study. Yes, nobody wants to work with Shuttleworth, it's a pain. Yes, Canonical has insane interview processes, which is partly why it doesn't attract talent. But Canonical is at fractional scale compared to even SUSE, let alone Red Hat and IBM. If you want to "develop linux," Canonical is not the place to go to. You might be better off joining Google than Canonical, honestly.