Author: arma Date: 2012-06-28 03:54:12 +0000 (Thu, 28 Jun 2012) New Revision: 25697 Modified: website/trunk/about/en/jobs-browserhacker.wml Log: minor cleanups to browser hacker position Modified: website/trunk/about/en/jobs-browserhacker.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/about/en/jobs-browserhacker.wml 2012-06-28 03:22:36 UTC (rev 25696) +++ website/trunk/about/en/jobs-browserhacker.wml 2012-06-28 03:54:12 UTC (rev 25697) @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Revision: $Revision: 25666 $ # Translation-Priority: 3-low -#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Jobs (core developer)" CHARSET="UTF-8" +#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Jobs (browser hacker)" CHARSET="UTF-8" <div id="content" class="clearfix"> <div id="breadcrumbs"> <a href="<page index>">Home » </a> @@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ <h1>The Tor Project is looking for a Browser Hacker!</h1> <p> - Your job would be to work on Torbutton and patches to our Firefox-based browser, as well as a potential Android port. This would be a contractor -position for the remainder of 2012 (starting as soon as you're ready and with -plenty of work to keep you busy), with the possibility of 2013 and beyond. - +position for the remainder of 2012 plus Q1 2013 (starting as soon +as you're ready and with plenty of work to keep you busy), with the +possibility of later in 2013 and beyond. </p> <p> @@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ specific, goal-oriented ways.</li> <li>Be at least passingly familiar with web technologies and how the web -works, especially the same origin model and web tracking.</li> +works, especially the same-origin model and web tracking.</li> <li>Be comfortable and experienced justifying and documenting technical decisions for a public, world-wide technical audience.</li> @@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ <li>Be familiar with probability, statistics, and information theory.</li> -<li>Know enough about networking in to be able to visualize what HTTP 1.1 +<li>Know enough about networking to be able to visualize what HTTP 1.1 looks like on the wire while encapsulated within Tor's network protocol.</li> <li>Have experience with open-source software development, including @@ -96,22 +95,18 @@ <blockquote> <p> - Being a Tor Browser Hacker includes triaging, diagnosing, and fixing bugs; looking for and resolving web privacy issues; responding on short notice to security issues; and working collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers on -implementing new features and web behavior changes. - +implementing new features and web behavior changes. </p> <p> - We'd also need help making our code more maintainable, testable, and mergeable by upstream. Sometimes, we need to drop everything and scramble to implement last-minute fixes, or to deploy urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's code, designs, and academic research papers, and looking for ways to improve upon them. - </p> <p> @@ -152,7 +147,8 @@ other relevant qualifications.</li> <li>List some people who can tell us more about you: these references could be employers or coworkers, open source projects, etc.</li> -<li>Email the above to jobs at torproject.org.</li> +<li>Email the above to jobs at torproject.org, specifying the "Browser + Hacker" position.</li> </ul> <p> @@ -164,7 +160,7 @@ theft and prying corporations, corporations who want to look at a competitor's website in private, people around the world whose Internet connections are censored, and even governments and law enforcement. Tor has - a staff of 13 paid developers, researchers, and advocates, plus many dozen + a staff of 14 paid developers, researchers, and advocates, plus many dozen volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor is funded in part by government research and development grants, and in part by individual and corporate donations.