tor-webwml.git

@@ -25,21 +26,22 @@ Any candidate must:

 <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>

+	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>

+	<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 @@ An ideal candidate would also:

 </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>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 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 @@ Other notes:

 </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>

@@ -96,12 +101,13 @@ How to apply:

 </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>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>

@@ -109,15 +115,15 @@ How to apply:

 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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