Comments on: Working at Canonical, 5 months later

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:17:42 +0000

I was searching for this information along time ago, and didn’t find it. Now I found it by chance while browsing Ohloh.

I wish you the best of luck at that awesome company. And thank you for making Launchpad rock so much!

— Un venezolano que algún día será tu compañero de trabajo.

By: beuno

beuno — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:39:26 +0000

Hi David,
Take a look at the positions available on the webpage, and send in a CV for the one you think you’d fit in.

By: David Crews

David Crews — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:50:16 +0000

I’m not a developer, just a enthusiastic Ubuntu user. I’ve recently joined a ubuntu Loco and learning to help work on bugs. Do you think there could be a place for me at Canonical?

By: Andrew Gracey

Andrew Gracey — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:11:42 +0000

Are there summer internships for college students? How would we apply for those?

By: Jef Spaleta

Jef Spaleta — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:16:41 +0000

Does your job at Canonical involve developing software?

Out of your employed time developing software, what is the rough percentage of that time spent on developing software over the last 5 months that was spent on developing publicly available OSI approved licensed software ?

Obviously you spend some amount of time communicating and planning and junk like that…but out of the total time you spend hacking on code, what is the percentage spent hacking on code that is now publicly available under an OSI license?

-jef

By: beuno

beuno — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:55:38 +0000

Mat, something like 70% of the company works from home, so it’s definitely allowed. That said, it depends on what kind of job you’re applying for, some do require being physically there.

By: Matelot

Matelot — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:51:21 +0000

Does Canonical allow telecommute/work-from-home ?
If so, ewhat’s the policy like ?

By: David Tomaschik

David Tomaschik — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:13:30 +0000

I actually applied for a position at Canonical a few weeks ago… haven’t heard anything back, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Not sure how they feel about applications for multiple positions. Some employers seem to frown upon it, others seem to think it’s good (when the positions are for multiple departments, etc.).

By: Joshua Blount

Joshua Blount — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:11:08 +0000