[HN Gopher] Help Wanted at LWN
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       Help Wanted at LWN
        
       Author : rascul
       Score  : 177 points
       Date   : 2023-11-01 21:05 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (lwn.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (lwn.net)
        
       | quickthrower2 wrote:
       | Wow, that is fairly well paid, given it is fully remote, as well
       | as being a fantastic sounding job.
        
         | matheusmoreira wrote:
         | Yeah, it's an extremely attractive position. I wonder which
         | fields comprise "the sciences".
        
           | freedomben wrote:
           | I don't know for LWN, but in software engineering in general,
           | especially the type of engineers who are deeply interested in
           | the kernel, the sciences means something like a bachelor of
           | science in computer science, computer engineering, electrical
           | engineering, physics, chemical engineering, or other degrees
           | with a fair level of math.
        
       | orochimaaru wrote:
       | Have you posted in the who's hiring section? But that sounds
       | pretty cool.
        
       | lifeisstillgood wrote:
       | I am wondering why python development experience is a major
       | bullet point. Does LWN have a lot of in-house code?
       | 
       | I am just idly wondering as I imagine a gilded life of tech
       | journalism (which will be a million miles from the reality of
       | deadline driven millstone)
       | 
       | But good luck to them - LWN always has the clearest explanation
       | of "this is what the mile long thread on the mailing list means"
        
         | bugglebeetle wrote:
         | Dunno for sure, but ever data journalism job I've ever seen
         | requires Python or R.
        
         | ossusermivami wrote:
         | yes they have mentioned it multiple times in some of their
         | articles, the website is in python...
        
           | jeron wrote:
           | I couldn't have guessed with the way the website looks /s
        
             | omgJustTest wrote:
             | You can tell they are optimizing (and do a very good job at
             | it) for quality, brevity and importance.
             | 
             | They don't need, and should not, optimize for other things.
        
               | phist_mcgee wrote:
               | I call it FOSScore.
               | 
               | It's almost a badge of honor to have your website be as
               | minimal and stripped down as possible.
               | 
               | The undefeated champion of this of course is Dan Luu
               | https://danluu.com/
        
         | sverhagen wrote:
         | If ever a job seems deadline-driven, I'd have gone with
         | journalism.
        
       | constantly wrote:
       | This is awesome. LWN is one of my favorite publications.
        
       | jmclnx wrote:
       | I remember when LWN was a small site run by one person.
       | Interesting how they were able to grow into a real company with
       | real revenue.
       | 
       | Newspapers should have studied them as they grew.
        
       | tuckerpo wrote:
       | People writing about the Linux kernel get paid more than I do to
       | write the Linux kernel. :^)
        
         | tux3 wrote:
         | An easily solved problem
         | 
         | Should kernel devs start commenting some of the more write-only
         | parts of the kernel all on their lonesome, the lovely
         | documentation people at LWN would find themselves out of a job
         | and enjoying a deserved retirement!
        
       | mongol wrote:
       | LWN.net is maybe the oldest website I still return to. And it
       | looks the same too! I think it existed already in the 90s?
        
       | Dudester230602 wrote:
       | "in such a case, salary and benefits will be dependent on what we
       | are able to arrange in the specific location"
       | 
       | How generous, they understand there are countries out there where
       | software development specialists are accustomed to higher
       | compensation than in USA. Hence the language used.
        
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