Now Hiring: Web Content Editor
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 at 2:20 PM by: Jesse LindenWe have a new job opening available for a Web Content Editor to help us keep our websites fresh and up to date. Ideally, we’d like to fill this job from within the Second Life community. We’re looking for someone who understands Second Life, has a strong interest in virtual worlds, and is ready to dive in and make an impact at Linden Lab.
The right person should be an excellent editor and writer with top notch communication skills. Web production experience is preferred but not required.
For more information about the position, please visit our employment site at:
http://lindenlab.com/employment/web_content_editor
For information on why you might want to consider working at Linden Lab, check out:
April 10th, 2007 at 2:31 PM
Would we have to work in San Francisco or Brighton?
April 10th, 2007 at 2:38 PM
i could do a great job of it except no way an html monkee job rates a paycheck that matches the minimum masters degree they want. sheesh.
a master’s degree to sling content? hmmmmm
a better job title would be “Creative Writing Expert with Emphasis on Fiction”.
They want an author not an html monkee.
now if they would open that data warehousing to remote work then they might get one for the money they can afford. dwe in frisco is gonna run at least $250K a year to accomodate the col there.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:44 PM
I could help if I were offered $250k a year … but most liasons are on an hourly rate, that unfortunately isn’t great lol
April 10th, 2007 at 2:59 PM
A Masters in Journalism/Communications working as a “Web Content Editor”, after 3-5 years experience in the field? Hope you got that 25 year loan extension!
April 10th, 2007 at 3:02 PM
Too bad it isn’t available from SoCal location.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:04 PM
@4
You can get a job without the degree- just prove you’ve got the skills, experience & talent of someone with the degree.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:11 PM
I do got a degree baby. Just dont give me them there psych tests I cant do ‘em lol … good enough english for you hehe
April 10th, 2007 at 3:27 PM
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April 10th, 2007 at 3:39 PM
Change to “Help Request” Feature Launching in Beta Grid
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 at 9:35 AM PDT by: Robin Linden
……In its place will be a web page that will direct you to the various places you can receive help: once the new support software is live you will find access to it live under that menu heading.
Hmmm, interesting coincidence…???
April 10th, 2007 at 3:55 PM
I’d like to echo that SoCal sentiment. Open an Irvine office…there are plenty of us tech junkies down in OC.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:16 PM
i spel gud
The best of luck to all applicants!
April 10th, 2007 at 4:38 PM
This is a “Contract to Hire” position so I would have to believe they would be amenable to telecommuting. Saves them money, helps the environment, and is in keeping with the very nature of Second Life where the world itself is virtual.
I had to laugh though when I saw that one of the qualifications was “Positive attitude and a tolerance for ambiguity”. I read that as “We are seeking skilled double-speak professionals.”
I’m surprised that they are looking for a single person for this position though. I would think this sort of thing would be better organized along the lines of the tech news sites - paying authors for each story rather than having a single person who “does it all”. In fact, I know at least some of the existing content on the Lindens website is volunteer contributed. How do I know this? Because I contributed it
I second Cliffs comment however, good look to all who apply!
April 10th, 2007 at 4:40 PM
Wow, good think I’m not applying - “good look to all”? Bad typo Shire Pony, bad!
April 10th, 2007 at 4:59 PM
well, i got a ph.d but in FRance. Not sure my english would fit.
good luck, anyway
April 10th, 2007 at 6:25 PM
I have built many Web Pages for Business’s and have been building them since ‘86 but if you require a degree well guess that lets Me out Mine is all the hard way trial and error
April 10th, 2007 at 6:49 PM
I’ll take the job, and I’ll move. Lol, an RL job for SL in SF.
April 10th, 2007 at 9:07 PM
ROFL, ok I understand the masters might be a little overboard!!
But come on “tech monkies”, what would possibly qualify you as an editor? Just because the content is eventually published on the web?
“They want an author not an html monkee.” Exactly, that’s why the job posting is for an editor with a degree, not a web programmer from the community college.
doesn’t mean you can write. lol
April 10th, 2007 at 9:42 PM
I’d be interested in the job if there were some clarifications on what was involved. If the job is to moderate and write content for the wiki, then that is something I could do.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:38 AM
Cool, decommission Help systems first, then decide to hire someone to write the replacement system?
I had to laugh though when I saw that one of the qualifications was “Positive attitude and a tolerance for ambiguity”. I read that as “We are seeking skilled double-speak professionals.”
I read it as you work will be fed to and torn apart by the equivalent to 1000 starving tigers on a daily basis (SL Residents).
April 11th, 2007 at 8:20 AM
second life , top idea, abit cheap looking and runs like a pig ,crashed more than any game ive ever played..[still playing though]..and i started on commador 64..lol
would be good on ps3,…dont give up…itll come good…skinny65
April 11th, 2007 at 8:47 AM
Well, I know what I’m doin’ tomorrow: polishing my resume!
April 11th, 2007 at 1:48 PM
A degree doesn’t mean you can write period, nor do published articles. If you can possibly articulate yourself clearly and come across as “hip” to the 20-30 somethings that this game caters to (ie, the well-off yuppie college type) then you should be okay. As for the product that LL puts out, isn’t it a lot better than most of the other “virtual world” sites? Yes. I think that people should be appreciative of the hard work and effort they put into this. However, with the money they make, they could probably invest in and entirely quicker system…why not just build a co-lo of their own?
Writing information for the web isn’t hard, it is much like any journalistic writing (depending on the specific area)…its the five W’s…for a game like this those could be detrimentally important. Players need to know the who, what, when, where, and why of a situation and if you can stick it in, the how. But then again, punctuation, grammer and proper execution of a document are equally valuable. Whoever they choose does not want to sound like someone from the 1930s. This website needs colors and graphics. Graphics can be found that are small in “kb” and “mb” sizing, so that it doesn’t eat bandwidth and slow reloading time down…blah blah blah. I could go on forever.
Communications? Its all about letting another person lead the conversation and asking questions at the appropriate time.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:49 PM
a PS3? who wants that…so many games…like Call of Duty have been ruined by that…why spend another 400 dollars on a gaming system when you can play it on a computer? Why force the masses (ie, the majority of players) to fork up more money in this gas starved time? Keep it on the PC.
April 11th, 2007 at 9:32 PM
Well damn, 24 candidates and most of them have not obtained a degree. ~Oh sweet, spell check. I’m glad it caught candidates. XD
I guess all hope is lost to find one with a degree. 24 is a big number
*A note to those with their head up their poop-hole. Not all employment positions are suitable for remote interaction. Some of the best are held on location. I guess for some it would be nice to live in a bubble hooked up to food possessors, automatic toiletries, and personal computation and communication. But personally, I can’t begin to believe that this is linden’s future intention.
SL is a great tool, and should be learned and nurtured by all who see it as such. But to criticize a companies decision not to utilize the very tool they’ve created to ease the employment of a small handful of interested seekers, is simply humorous.
Sometimes you just need to get with the program… real life that is.
No sense in crying about it. Get off your lazy butt and go get a degree XD
April 11th, 2007 at 9:40 PM
P.S.
I love the Tao of Linden. Kinda reminds me of a book this one dude wrote that lived in San Fransisco. His name was Bruce something or other. XD
April 11th, 2007 at 11:16 PM
Perhaps portions of this website could be a Wiki. The residents could contribute. Everyone would feel they are making an positive impact at Linden Lab.
April 12th, 2007 at 12:55 AM
Sounds like a job for a wide cross section of the community, hence why there is such a variety of newspapers/magazines/websites/rss link feeds, available these days. A ‘Pool’ of people all offering something to the pot would be a far greater assest, controlled by a editor…. hmm let me think which business model that comes from? AHHH yes.. RL.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:54 AM
What’s with the geo-fetish for hiring? I heard of this thing called the internet which allows people from all over the world to interact. It came sometime after the television, as I recall.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:03 AM
#25 DubPlate you have put it very nicely, especially the last remark.
If I had a company like LL, I would want to hire people who have a degree.
April 12th, 2007 at 4:11 PM
Having problems finding good people? tsk-tsk.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:57 PM
*giggles*
All these people posting comments on here, some complaining that it is not available as a remote position held with LL … others complaining that they are asking for a degree … only a handful are actually standing up for the game we obviously all play, and the company that brought it to life.
Shouldn’t we all let LL do as they please with who they hire, what positions they open, and what qualifications are required for that position? If you took the time to post comments that are actually needed, instead of spending so much time complaining, and helped out where they needed the help …. wouldn’t we all have a better world to play in from day to day??
April 13th, 2007 at 1:01 AM
I’ve quite a qhile been interested in Linden Lab, a job would be awesome. Im OK in HTML and am a very good and stylish designer ^^.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:21 AM
I find it amusing how many people are complaining that restricting “no payment info” people is somehow elitist and intolerant, whereas it doesn’t seem to bother many that the job requirements include a degree when not only does the job probably not warrant it, but more importantly excludes a great deal of otherwise perfectly suitable people and it’s generally accepted that having a degree (especially a completely irrelevant one) doesn’t make you a better or more intelligent person - simply that you waited a few more years of taking it easy before being forced into the real world and getting a job like the rest of us.
I can’t figure out why, for example, a customer service job, having a degree in art, media, theoretical physics or something else completely irrelevant, is considered better than 10 years of hands-on relevant experience.
If all the blog consisted of was “good job” and similar, this place would be very boring. The combined voice of many residents may get things changed - after all, no company always gets it right.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:31 AM
I guess, of course, if all that’s stopping you is a degree… you can always make your own.
http://www.fakedegrees.com/
April 18th, 2007 at 7:59 AM
Sheesh, 250K for a code monkey who uses a development tool? My 6 year old can fire up DreamWeaver and put a page down. Too many “so called” “web devs” think they are worth a crap load whereas any Tom, Dick and Harriet can create a master piece with a html client ;/
May 19th, 2007 at 8:27 AM
Many 6 year olds can draw, write, read and use a computer mouse. But would they be able to produce a good web site? Probably not.
$250K is a lot though. Wish my bosses we’re in a position to offer that for any type of role!
There’s always a lot more to a job than what’s communicated in it’s ad.
What am i doing? I hate blogs!! They just show everyone knows a lot about nothing.