[tor-commits] r25697: {website} minor cleanups to browser hacker position (website/trunk/about/en)

[Roger Dingledine]

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.