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 programs</li>
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 <li>History of significant code contributions to multiple open-source
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 projects</li>
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+<li>Experience with development on Microsoft Windows</li>
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 <li>Genuine excitement about Tor and its values! Follow this link to view
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 the <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-social-contract">Tor
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 Project social contract</a>.
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Sebastian Hahn authored on 23/11/2016 23:40:10
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 projects</li>
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 <li>Genuine excitement about Tor and its values! Follow this link to view
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 the <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-social-contract">Tor
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-Project social contract</a>:
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+Project social contract</a>.
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 </li>
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 </ul>
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Linkify a few things in the job posting

Sebastian Hahn authored on 23/11/2016 21:58:45
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 We are working to make our code more scalable, testable, and
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 maintainable. You would be reviewing other people's code and designs,
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 looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of the breadth and depth of
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-the work you'd be doing, please see ChangeLog file from the Tor source
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-distribution: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog
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+the work you'd be doing, please see <a
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+href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
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+file from the Tor source distribution.</a>
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 </p>
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 <p>
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 This is a full-time remote position. Flexible salary, depending on
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 <li>History of significant code contributions to multiple open-source
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 projects</li>
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 <li>Genuine excitement about Tor and its values! Follow this link to view
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-the Tor Project social contract:
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-https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-social-contract</li>
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+the <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-social-contract">Tor
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+Project social contract</a>:
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+</li>
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 </ul>
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 <h2>
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Fix typo in job description (thanks ewyatt)

Sebastian Hahn authored on 23/11/2016 21:32:27
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 maintenance</li>
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 <li>Experience and comfort with peer review of your own code and design, and
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 with your reviewing of others’ code and design</li>
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-<li> nsparency! As a non-profit, everything Tor Project does is public,
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+<li> Transparency! As a non-profit, everything Tor Project does is public,
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 including your name and pay rate</li>
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 </ul>
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Add coredev job posting

Sebastian Hahn authored on 23/11/2016 02:16:44
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     <a href="<page about/jobs>">Jobs</a>
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   </div>
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 	<div id="maincol">
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-<h1>The Tor Project is looking for another dedicated core developer!</h1>
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-<h1>Note: we've filled this position for now, but we hope to be looking
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-for another core developer in the future.</h1>
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+<h1>The Tor Project is looking for dedicated core developer!</h1>
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+<h2>(Posted November 22, 2016)</h2>
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17 16 
 <p>
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 Your job would be to work on all aspects of the main Tor network daemon
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 and other open-source software.
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-
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-This would be a contractor position starting in 2013 (with plenty of
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-work to keep you busy), with the possibility of 2014 and beyond.
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 </p>
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-
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 <p>
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-Any candidate must:
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+As a core developer, your job with Tor Project will be to work on all
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+aspects of the main Tor network daemon and other open-source software.
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+This would include triaging, diagnosing, and fixing bugs; looking for
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+and resolving security issues; occasionally dropping everything and
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+scrambling to implement last-minute anticensorship schemes or deploy
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+urgent security updates; and working collaboratively with coworkers and
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+volunteers on implementing new features and protocol changes at every
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+stage from design to maintenance.
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+</p>
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+<p>
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+We are working to make our code more scalable, testable, and
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+maintainable. You would be reviewing other people's code and designs,
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+looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of the breadth and depth of
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+the work you'd be doing, please see ChangeLog file from the Tor source
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+distribution: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog
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+</p>
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+<p>
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+This is a full-time remote position. Flexible salary, depending on
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+experience. Experience and/or passion for working with open source
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+communities and/or a commitment to Internet civil liberties are added
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+pluses for any candidate applying for this position!
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 </p>
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+<h2>
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+Expected skills and experience:
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+</h2>
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 <ul>
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-	<li>Have extensive experience in C, and several other programming
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-	languages. At least 5 years experience with C is probably
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-	necessary for the level of expertise we want; most people would
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-	need more.</li>
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-	<li>Have a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure
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-	C programming.</li>
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-	<li>Be comfortable working remotely.</li>
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-	<li>Be familiar and experienced with nonblocking, event-driven
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-	networking programs.</li>
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-	<li>Be comfortable and experienced with interacting with users online.</li>
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-	<li>Be comfortable and experienced with driving the entire
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-	lifecycle of a new feature in an existing piece of software,
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-	from design to implementation to testing.</li>
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-	<li>Be comfortable and experienced getting code and design
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-	reviewed, and reviewing the code and design of others.</li>
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-	<li>Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything
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-	we do is in public, including your name and pay rate.</li>
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+<li>5+ years’ experience in C and several other programming languages</li>
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+<li>Solid understanding of secure C programming issues</li>
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+<li>Comfort working remotely and managing your own workflow with limited
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+supervision</li>
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+<li>Experience and comfort interacting with users, coworkers, and team members
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+online</li>
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+<li>Ability to comfortably drive the entire lifecycle of a new feature in an
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+existing piece of software from design, to implementation, to testing, to
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+maintenance</li>
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+<li>Experience and comfort with peer review of your own code and design, and
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+with your reviewing of others’ code and design</li>
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+<li> nsparency! As a non-profit, everything Tor Project does is public,
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+including your name and pay rate</li>
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 </ul>
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-<p>
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-An ideal candidate would also:
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-</p>
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+<h2>
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+Desired skills and experience:
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+</h2>
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 <ul>
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-	<li>Know enough of the basics of cryptography in order to
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-	understand how to implement our protocols and discuss changes
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-	to them. (Actually implementing block ciphers and stuff like
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-	that isn't necessary.)</li>
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-	<li>Know enough about networking in order to understand how to
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-	implement our protocols and discuss changes to them.</li>
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-	<li>Have experience with high-performance networking code.</li>
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-	<li>Have experience with open-source software development,
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-	including working with distributed teams across different
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-	time-zones containing employees and volunteers of differing
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-	skill levels over email and IRC.</li>
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-	<li>Have basic familiarity with distributed version control
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-	systems.</li>
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-	<li>Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple
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-	open-source projects in the past.</li>
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-	<li>Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.</li>
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+<li>Knowledge of cryptography basics: be able to understand how to implement
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+our protocols and discuss changes to them (the ability to actually implement
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+block ciphers and stuff like that is not necessary)</li>
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+<li>Sufficient level of networking knowledge to understand how to implement
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+our protocols and discuss changes to them</li>
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+<li>Experience with high-performance networking code</li>
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+<li>Experience with open-source software development, including working over
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+email and IRC with a globally distributed teams of employees and volunteers of
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+varying skill levels</li>
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+<li>Basic familiarity with distributed version control systems</li>
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+<li>Familiarity and experience with non-blocking, event-driven networking
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+programs</li>
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+<li>History of significant code contributions to multiple open-source
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+projects</li>
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+<li>Genuine excitement about Tor and its values! Follow this link to view
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+the Tor Project social contract:
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+https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-social-contract</li>
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 </ul>
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-<p>
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-Being a core Tor developer includes triaging, diagnosing, and
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-fixing bugs; looking for and resolving security issues; and working
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-collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers on implementing
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-new features and protocol changes at every stage from design to
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-maintenance. We'd also need help making our code more scalable,
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-testable, and maintainable. Sometimes, we need to drop everything
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-and scramble to implement last-minute anticensorship schemes, or to
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-deploy urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's
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-code and designs, and looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of
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-the breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at <a
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-href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog">the
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-ChangeLog file from the Tor source distribution</a>.
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-</p>
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-
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-<p>
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+<h2>
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 Other notes:
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-</p>
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+</h2>
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 <ul>
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-	<li>You'll need to be comfortable in this environment! We
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-	coordinate via IRC, instant messaging, email, and bug
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-	trackers.</li>
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-	<li>Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have
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-	the right experience.</li>
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-	<li>We only write free and open source software, and we don't
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-	believe in software patents.</li>
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+<li>Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have the right
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+experience.</li>
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+<li>Tor developers don't have an office; you can work from wherever you want,
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+so you need to be comfortable in this environment! We coordinate via IRC,
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+email, and bug trackers.</li>
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+<li>We only write free (open source) software, and we don't believe in software
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+patents.</li>
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 </ul>
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 <p>
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-How to apply:
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+The Tor Project, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Seattle
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+that provides the technical infrastructure for privacy protection over the
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+Internet. With paid staff and contractors of around 30 technologists and
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+operational support people, plus many volunteers all over the world who
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+contribute to our work, the Tor Project is funded in part by government grants
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+and contracts, as well as by individual, foundation, and corporate donations.
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+Our mission statement: “To advance human rights and freedoms by creating and
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+deploying free and open anonymity and privacy technologies, supporting their
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+unrestricted availability and use, and furthering their scientific and popular
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+understanding.”
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 </p>
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-
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-<ul>
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-	<li>Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that
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-	you're allowed to show us.</li>
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-	<li>Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills,
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-	and other relevant qualifications.</li>
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-	<li>List some people who can tell us more about you: these
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-	references could be employers or coworkers, open source projects,
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-	etc.</li>
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-	<li>Email the above to jobs at torproject.org.</li>
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-</ul>
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-
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 <p>
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-About the company:<br>
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- The Tor Project is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to research,
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- development, and education about online anonymity and privacy. The Tor
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- network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 16 Gbps for upwards of half a
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- million daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection
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- from identity theft and prying corporations, corporations who want
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- to look at a competitor's website in private, people around the world
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- whose Internet connections are censored, and even governments and law
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- enforcement. Tor has a staff of 14 paid developers, researchers, and
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- advocates, plus many dozen volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor
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- is funded in part by government research and development grants, and
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- in part by individual and corporate donations.
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+The Tor Project has a competitive benefits package, including a generous PTO
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+policy; 14 paid holidays per year (including the week between Christmas and New
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+Year's, when the office is closed); health, vision, dental, disability, and
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+life insurance paid in full for employee; flexible work schedule; and
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+occasional travel opportunities. The Tor Project, Inc., is an equal
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+opportunity, affirmative action employer.
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+</p>
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+<p>
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+To apply, please email your CV to hr@torproject.org with “Core Developer” in
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+the subject line. You should include a link to your code sample(s); more than
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+one sample is ideal – if we can't see how you code, we can’t tell how good you
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+are. Your CV should detail your background, experience, skills, and other
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+relevant qualifications, and should include three professional references
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+(co-workers, open source projects, supervisors).
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+</p>
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+<p>
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+Deadline for applications is December 31, 2016. We look forward to hearing from
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+you!
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 </p>
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   </div>
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   <!-- END MAINCOL -->
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   <div id = "sidecol">
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cgit version of blob_plain/HEAD:/ and blob/HEAD:/

Matt Pagan authored on 10/12/2014 15:56:08 • Sebastian Hahn committed on 11/12/2014 12:26:17
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 deploy urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's
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 code and designs, and looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of
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 the breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at <a
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-href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/HEAD:/ChangeLog">the
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+href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog">the
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 ChangeLog file from the Tor source distribution</a>.
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 </p>
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network got bigger

Roger Dingledine authored on 04/10/2012 05:07:01
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 About the company:<br>
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  The Tor Project is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to research,
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  development, and education about online anonymity and privacy. The Tor
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- network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 14 Gbps for upwards of half a
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+ network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 16 Gbps for upwards of half a
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  million daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection
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  from identity theft and prying corporations, corporations who want
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  to look at a competitor's website in private, people around the world
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mark our core-dev job position as filled

Roger Dingledine authored on 27/09/2012 20:14:29
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   </div>
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 	<div id="maincol">
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 <h1>The Tor Project is looking for another dedicated core developer!</h1>
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+<h1>Note: we've filled this position for now, but we hope to be looking
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+for another core developer in the future.</h1>
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15 17 
 <p>
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 Your job would be to work on all aspects of the main Tor network daemon
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clean-up page and some corrections based on US labor laws.

Andrew Lewman authored on 05/07/2012 21:46:53
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 <p>
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 Your job would be to work on all aspects of the main Tor network daemon
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 and other open-source software.
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+
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 This would be a contractor position starting in 2013 (with plenty of
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 work to keep you busy), with the possibility of 2014 and beyond.
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 </p>
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 </p>
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 <ul>
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-<li>Have extensive experience in C, and several other programming
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-    languages. At least 5 years experience with C is probably necessary
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-    for the level of expertise we want; most people would need more.</li>
30 
-<li>Have a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure C programming.</li>
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-<li>Be comfortable working from home (or wherever your preferred
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-    Internet connection is).</li>
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-<li>Be familiar and experienced with nonblocking, event-driven networking
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-    programs.</li>
35 
-<li>Be comfortable and experienced with interacting with users online.</li>
36 
-<li>Be comfortable and experienced with driving the entire lifecycle
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-    of a new feature in an existing piece of software, from design to
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-    implementation to testing.</li>
39 
-<li>Be comfortable and experienced getting code and design reviewed,
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-    and reviewing the code and design of others.</li>
41 
-<li>Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything we do
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-    is in public, including your name and pay rate.</li>
28 
+	<li>Have extensive experience in C, and several other programming
29 
+	languages. At least 5 years experience with C is probably
30 
+	necessary for the level of expertise we want; most people would
31 
+	need more.</li>
32 
+	<li>Have a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure
33 
+	C programming.</li>
34 
+	<li>Be comfortable working remotely.</li>
35 
+	<li>Be familiar and experienced with nonblocking, event-driven
36 
+	networking programs.</li>
37 
+	<li>Be comfortable and experienced with interacting with users online.</li>
38 
+	<li>Be comfortable and experienced with driving the entire
39 
+	lifecycle of a new feature in an existing piece of software,
40 
+	from design to implementation to testing.</li>
41 
+	<li>Be comfortable and experienced getting code and design
42 
+	reviewed, and reviewing the code and design of others.</li>
43 
+	<li>Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything
44 
+	we do is in public, including your name and pay rate.</li>
43 45 
 </ul>
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 <p>
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 </p>
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 <ul>
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-<li>Know enough of the basics of cryptography in order to understand
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-    how to implement our protocols and discuss changes to them. (Actually
52 
-    implementing block ciphers and stuff like that isn't necessary.)</li>
53 
-<li>Know enough about networking in order to understand how to implement
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-    our protocols and discuss changes to them.</li>
55 
-<li>Have experience with high-performance networking code.</li>
56 
-<li>Have experience with open-source software development, including
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-    working with distributed teams across different time-zones containing
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-    employees and volunteers of differing skill levels over email and IRC.</li>
59 
-<li>Have basic familiarity with distributed version control systems.</li>
60 
-<li>Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple
61 
-    open-source projects in the past.</li>
62 
-<li>Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.</li>
52 
+	<li>Know enough of the basics of cryptography in order to
53 
+	understand how to implement our protocols and discuss changes
54 
+	to them. (Actually implementing block ciphers and stuff like
55 
+	that isn't necessary.)</li>
56 
+	<li>Know enough about networking in order to understand how to
57 
+	implement our protocols and discuss changes to them.</li>
58 
+	<li>Have experience with high-performance networking code.</li>
59 
+	<li>Have experience with open-source software development,
60 
+	including working with distributed teams across different
61 
+	time-zones containing employees and volunteers of differing
62 
+	skill levels over email and IRC.</li>
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+	<li>Have basic familiarity with distributed version control
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+	systems.</li>
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+	<li>Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple
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+	open-source projects in the past.</li>
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+	<li>Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.</li>
63 68 
 </ul>
64 69
65 70 
 <p>
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-Being a core Tor developer includes triaging,
67 
-diagnosing, and fixing bugs; looking for and resolving security
68 
-issues; and working collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers
69 
-on implementing new features and protocol changes at every stage from
70 
-design to maintenance. We'd also need help making our code more scalable,
71 
-testable, and maintainable. Sometimes, we need to drop everything and
72 
-scramble to implement last-minute anticensorship schemes, or to deploy
73 
-urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's code and
74 
-designs, and looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of the
75 
-breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at <a
71 
+Being a core Tor developer includes triaging, diagnosing, and
72 
+fixing bugs; looking for and resolving security issues; and working
73 
+collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers on implementing
74 
+new features and protocol changes at every stage from design to
75 
+maintenance. We'd also need help making our code more scalable,
76 
+testable, and maintainable. Sometimes, we need to drop everything
77 
+and scramble to implement last-minute anticensorship schemes, or to
78 
+deploy urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's
79 
+code and designs, and looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of
80 
+the breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at <a
76 81 
 href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/HEAD:/ChangeLog">the
77 82 
 ChangeLog file from the Tor source distribution</a>.
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 </p>
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 </p>
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 <ul>
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-<li>Tor developers don't have an office; you can work from wherever you
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-    want, in basically any country. You'll need to be comfortable in
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-    this environment! We coordinate via IRC, email, and bug trackers.</li>
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-<li>Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have the right
89 
-    experience.</li>
90 
-<li>We only write free (open source) software, and we don't believe in
91 
-    software patents.</li>
90 
+	<li>You'll need to be comfortable in this environment! We
91 
+	coordinate via IRC, instant messaging, email, and bug
92 
+	trackers.</li>
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+	<li>Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have
94 
+	the right experience.</li>
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+	<li>We only write free and open source software, and we don't
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+	believe in software patents.</li>
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 </ul>
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 <p>
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 </p>
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 <ul>
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-<li>Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that you're
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-    allowed to show us.</li>
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-<li>Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills, and
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-    other relevant qualifications.</li>
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-<li>List some people who can tell us more about you: these references
104 
-    could be employers or coworkers, open source projects, etc.</li>
105 
-<li>Email the above to jobs at torproject.org.</li>
104 
+	<li>Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that
105 
+	you're allowed to show us.</li>
106 
+	<li>Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills,
107 
+	and other relevant qualifications.</li>
108 
+	<li>List some people who can tell us more about you: these
109 
+	references could be employers or coworkers, open source projects,
110 
+	etc.</li>
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+	<li>Email the above to jobs at torproject.org.</li>
106 112 
 </ul>
107 113
108 114 
 <p>
109 115 
 About the company:<br>
110 116 
  The Tor Project is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to research,
111 117 
  development, and education about online anonymity and privacy. The Tor
112 
- network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 14 Gbps for upwards of half a million
113 
- daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection from identity
114 
- theft and prying corporations, corporations who want to look at a
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- competitor's website in private, people around the world whose Internet
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- connections are censored, and even governments and law enforcement. Tor has
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- a staff of 14 paid developers, researchers, and advocates, plus many dozen
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- volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor is funded in part by
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- government research and development grants, and in part by individual and
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- corporate donations.
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+ network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 14 Gbps for upwards of half a
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+ million daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection
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+ from identity theft and prying corporations, corporations who want
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+ to look at a competitor's website in private, people around the world
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+ whose Internet connections are censored, and even governments and law
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+ enforcement. Tor has a staff of 14 paid developers, researchers, and
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+ advocates, plus many dozen volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor
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+ is funded in part by government research and development grants, and
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+ in part by individual and corporate donations.
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i wouldn't mind getting another other core developer, but i think 2013 is a more reasonable time estimate.

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-This would be a contractor position for 2012 (starting as soon as you're
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-ready and with plenty of work to keep you busy), with the possibility of
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+This would be a contractor position starting in 2013 (with plenty of
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+work to keep you busy), with the possibility of 2014 and beyond.
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  volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor is funded in part by
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make an overview jobs page. now there's room for the QA automation build engineer world savior position, or whatever it will turn out to be called.

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+## translation metadata
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+# Revision: $Revision$
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+# Translation-Priority: 3-low
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+
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+#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Jobs (core developer)" CHARSET="UTF-8"
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+<div id="content" class="clearfix">
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+	<div id="breadcrumbs">
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+    <a href="<page index>">Home &raquo; </a>
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+    <a href="<page about/overview>">About &raquo; </a>
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+    <a href="<page about/jobs>">Jobs</a>
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+  </div>
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+	<div id="maincol">
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+<h1>The Tor Project is looking for another dedicated core developer!</h1>
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+
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+<p>
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+Your job would be to work on all aspects of the main Tor network daemon
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+and other open-source software.
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+This would be a contractor position for 2012 (starting as soon as you're
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+ready and with plenty of work to keep you busy), with the possibility of
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+2013 and beyond.
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+</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+Any candidate must:
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+</p>
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+
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+<ul>
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+<li>Have extensive experience in C, and several other programming
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+    languages. At least 5 years experience with C is probably necessary
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+    for the level of expertise we want; most people would need more.</li>
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+<li>Have a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure C programming.</li>
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+<li>Be comfortable working from home (or wherever your preferred
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+    Internet connection is).</li>
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+<li>Be familiar and experienced with nonblocking, event-driven networking
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+    programs.</li>
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+<li>Be comfortable and experienced with interacting with users online.</li>
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+<li>Be comfortable and experienced with driving the entire lifecycle
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+    of a new feature in an existing piece of software, from design to
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+    implementation to testing.</li>
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+<li>Be comfortable and experienced getting code and design reviewed,
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+    and reviewing the code and design of others.</li>
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+<li>Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything we do
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+    is in public, including your name and pay rate.</li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+<p>
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+An ideal candidate would also:
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+</p>
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+
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+<ul>
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+<li>Know enough of the basics of cryptography in order to understand
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+    how to implement our protocols and discuss changes to them. (Actually
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+    implementing block ciphers and stuff like that isn't necessary.)</li>
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+<li>Know enough about networking in order to understand how to implement
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+    our protocols and discuss changes to them.</li>
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+<li>Have experience with high-performance networking code.</li>
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+<li>Have experience with open-source software development, including
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+    working with distributed teams across different time-zones containing
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+    employees and volunteers of differing skill levels over email and IRC.</li>
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+<li>Have basic familiarity with distributed version control systems.</li>
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+<li>Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple
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+    open-source projects in the past.</li>
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+<li>Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.</li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+<p>
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+Being a core Tor developer includes triaging,
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+diagnosing, and fixing bugs; looking for and resolving security
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+issues; and working collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers
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+on implementing new features and protocol changes at every stage from
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+design to maintenance. We'd also need help making our code more scalable,
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+testable, and maintainable. Sometimes, we need to drop everything and
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+scramble to implement last-minute anticensorship schemes, or to deploy
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+urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's code and
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+designs, and looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of the
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+breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at <a
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+href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/HEAD:/ChangeLog">the
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+ChangeLog file from the Tor source distribution</a>.
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+</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+Other notes:
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+</p>
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+
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+<ul>
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+<li>Tor developers don't have an office; you can work from wherever you
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+    want, in basically any country. You'll need to be comfortable in
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+    this environment! We coordinate via IRC, email, and bug trackers.</li>
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+<li>Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have the right
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+    experience.</li>
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+<li>We only write free (open source) software, and we don't believe in
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+    software patents.</li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+<p>
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+How to apply:
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+</p>
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+
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+<ul>
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+<li>Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that you're
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+    allowed to show us.</li>
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+<li>Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills, and
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+    other relevant qualifications.</li>
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+<li>List some people who can tell us more about you: these references
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+    could be employers or coworkers, open source projects, etc.</li>
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+<li>Email the above to jobs at torproject.org.</li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+<p>
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+About the company:<br>
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+ The Tor Project is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to research,
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+ development, and education about online anonymity and privacy. The Tor
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+ network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 14 Gbps for upwards of half a million
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+ daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection from identity
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+ theft and prying corporations, corporations who want to look at a
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+ competitor's website in private, people around the world whose Internet
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+ connections are censored, and even governments and law enforcement. Tor has
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+ a staff of 13 paid developers, researchers, and advocates, plus many dozen
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+ volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor is funded in part by
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+ government research and development grants, and in part by individual and
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+ corporate donations.
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+</p>
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+
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+  </div>
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+  <!-- END MAINCOL -->
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+#include "side.wmi"
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+  </div>
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+  <!-- END SIDECOL -->
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+</div>
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