[tor-commits] r25708: {website} clean-up page and some corrections based on US labor laws. (website/trunk/about/en)

[Andrew Lewman]

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>
 
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