Author: phobos Date: 2012-07-05 19:46:53 +0000 (Thu, 05 Jul 2012) New Revision: 25708 Modified: website/trunk/about/en/jobs-coredev.wml Log: clean-up page and some corrections based on US labor laws. Modified: website/trunk/about/en/jobs-coredev.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/about/en/jobs-coredev.wml 2012-07-05 19:41:49 UTC (rev 25707) +++ website/trunk/about/en/jobs-coredev.wml 2012-07-05 19:46:53 UTC (rev 25708) @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ <p> Your job would be to work on all aspects of the main Tor network daemon and other open-source software. + This would be a contractor position starting in 2013 (with plenty of work to keep you busy), with the possibility of 2014 and beyond. </p> @@ -24,22 +25,23 @@ </p> <ul> -<li>Have extensive experience in C, and several other programming - languages. At least 5 years experience with C is probably necessary - for the level of expertise we want; most people would need more.</li> -<li>Have a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure C programming.</li> -<li>Be comfortable working from home (or wherever your preferred - Internet connection is).</li> -<li>Be familiar and experienced with nonblocking, event-driven networking - programs.</li> -<li>Be comfortable and experienced with interacting with users online.</li> -<li>Be comfortable and experienced with driving the entire lifecycle - of a new feature in an existing piece of software, from design to - implementation to testing.</li> -<li>Be comfortable and experienced getting code and design reviewed, - and reviewing the code and design of others.</li> -<li>Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything we do - is in public, including your name and pay rate.</li> + <li>Have extensive experience in C, and several other programming + languages. At least 5 years experience with C is probably + necessary for the level of expertise we want; most people would + need more.</li> + <li>Have a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure + C programming.</li> + <li>Be comfortable working remotely.</li> + <li>Be familiar and experienced with nonblocking, event-driven + networking programs.</li> + <li>Be comfortable and experienced with interacting with users online.</li> + <li>Be comfortable and experienced with driving the entire + lifecycle of a new feature in an existing piece of software, + from design to implementation to testing.</li> + <li>Be comfortable and experienced getting code and design + reviewed, and reviewing the code and design of others.</li> + <li>Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything + we do is in public, including your name and pay rate.</li> </ul> <p> @@ -47,32 +49,35 @@ </p> <ul> -<li>Know enough of the basics of cryptography in order to understand - how to implement our protocols and discuss changes to them. (Actually - implementing block ciphers and stuff like that isn't necessary.)</li> -<li>Know enough about networking in order to understand how to implement - our protocols and discuss changes to them.</li> -<li>Have experience with high-performance networking code.</li> -<li>Have experience with open-source software development, including - working with distributed teams across different time-zones containing - employees and volunteers of differing skill levels over email and IRC.</li> -<li>Have basic familiarity with distributed version control systems.</li> -<li>Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple - open-source projects in the past.</li> -<li>Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.</li> + <li>Know enough of the basics of cryptography in order to + understand how to implement our protocols and discuss changes + to them. (Actually implementing block ciphers and stuff like + that isn't necessary.)</li> + <li>Know enough about networking in order to understand how to + implement our protocols and discuss changes to them.</li> + <li>Have experience with high-performance networking code.</li> + <li>Have experience with open-source software development, + including working with distributed teams across different + time-zones containing employees and volunteers of differing + skill levels over email and IRC.</li> + <li>Have basic familiarity with distributed version control + systems.</li> + <li>Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple + open-source projects in the past.</li> + <li>Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.</li> </ul> <p> -Being a core Tor developer includes triaging, -diagnosing, and fixing bugs; looking for and resolving security -issues; and working collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers -on implementing new features and protocol changes at every stage from -design to maintenance. We'd also need help making our code more scalable, -testable, and maintainable. Sometimes, we need to drop everything and -scramble to implement last-minute anticensorship schemes, or to deploy -urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's code and -designs, and looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of the -breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at <a +Being a core Tor developer includes triaging, diagnosing, and +fixing bugs; looking for and resolving security issues; and working +collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers on implementing +new features and protocol changes at every stage from design to +maintenance. We'd also need help making our code more scalable, +testable, and maintainable. Sometimes, we need to drop everything +and scramble to implement last-minute anticensorship schemes, or to +deploy urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's +code and designs, and looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of +the breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/HEAD:/ChangeLog">the ChangeLog file from the Tor source distribution</a>. </p> @@ -82,13 +87,13 @@ </p> <ul> -<li>Tor developers don't have an office; you can work from wherever you - want, in basically any country. You'll need to be comfortable in - this environment! We coordinate via IRC, email, and bug trackers.</li> -<li>Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have the right - experience.</li> -<li>We only write free (open source) software, and we don't believe in - software patents.</li> + <li>You'll need to be comfortable in this environment! We + coordinate via IRC, instant messaging, email, and bug + trackers.</li> + <li>Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have + the right experience.</li> + <li>We only write free and open source software, and we don't + believe in software patents.</li> </ul> <p> @@ -96,28 +101,29 @@ </p> <ul> -<li>Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that you're - allowed to show us.</li> -<li>Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills, and - 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>Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that + you're allowed to show us.</li> + <li>Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills, + and 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> </ul> <p> About the company:<br> The Tor Project is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to research, development, and education about online anonymity and privacy. The Tor - network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 14 Gbps for upwards of half a million - daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection from identity - 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 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. + network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 14 Gbps for upwards of half a + million daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection + from identity 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 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. </p> </div>