_________ SWAT MAGAZINE ISSUE THIRTY NINE MARCH __________ / \___________________________________________/ \ / Jobs \ / By -=The Firestarter=- \ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- So... your wanting to apply to join us? you've gone over our application form and your just about to fill it in and take a stab at becomming a fully fledged member of SWAT. Of course we have many positions open within the group, and somehow, we need them filling, so, here's my list of jobs, and what they entale! Couriers ~~~~~~~~ Actually, the job is more courier / scavenger with things. This is mainly warez related and requires little more than sitting on your arse all day with mIRC and FlashFXP open. All you'll have to do is locate warez, then somehow get those warez onto FTP sites, how you do that is entirely up to you, whether you choose to download then upload, or just FXP it over to the drop site, as long as it gets to its target by its deadline thats all we care about. Since there will be a few of you, then jobs won't be too stressful. Couriers will be working closely with the KribNET side of things, BUT a lot of there work will be related to other things such as getting our own programs circulated down different channels. Since all of the FTPs will be either hi-jacked or private you don't have to stress too much over things, you will however have to find your own FTPs to hi-jack and upload to (unless they are private), BUT - incase that sounds too hard - its a fully automated procedure carried out by running a simple program when your online. Pros : Well you'll get all of the latest 0-day warez as well as having access to all of the drop sites, giving you access to everything you could possibly want. Cons : Might seem a little tedious and time consuming, unless you have a fast connection then you will be stuck at FXPing warez most of the time or ensuring smaller coded programs get out there. Advertiser ~~~~~~~~~~ Laid back job, time spent surfing the net, chatting on IRC or just about anything else that you probably do anyway! All that needs doing is advertising the site, nothing more, nothing less. E-mail webmasters asking for link exchanges, do a bit of name dropping on IRC or anything else really. As long as people get to the site, then we're happy. Posting to a few newsgroups will also be required. Pros : You get to meet lots of interesting people and not actually do that much work. Cons : Some targets might have strict deadlines, other than that, things are easy. Oh, and you'll have to ass-lick webmasters of other sites. Advertising Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Importand sounding? well just imagine what the advertisers job is, then add a few other things to it like getting the site listed on top lists, in banner exchange programs etc etc. Then thats your job! Pros : Same as Advertisers really Cons : More work than advertiser. Hacker ~~~~~~ Nice job involving the 0wnership of NT boxes, spend life cracking into servers, lobbing an FTP daemon on there as well as a few backdoors, rooting out vital information about the company(ies) and there users. make off with anything and everything thats useful. Why NT? well if you can do *nix boxes, then the positions open for you. Pros : Well you should be able t answer that Cons : Unless you already know what your doing don't apply for this post as you won't get it. General Writer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Becomming a back bone of the group, yup, text files are what this group churns out mostly, and keeping the mag in top condition and full up with text is what your job entails! Write about anything relevent to the magazine, pick a topic, then write about it. You don't have to specialise with a single thing, as long as you can produce your own work, then its fine by us. Work required is atleast THREE articles a month, just type them up, then e-mail them to either myself or Phreak. Pros : If you like to write and get your work out, then this is THE easiest way. Just type up txt's and send them in. Cons : As any person who writes a lot of files knows, you can run out of ideas from time to time, but everyone gets over that. Coder ~~~~~ Well sometimes we need custom programs creating, if you can take a list of specifications and a few well asked questions, then come up with a program to meet the requirements within a reasonable length of time, then this jobs for you :) let the world know how good of a coder you are! Pros : Your programs will get circulated well, and advertised a lot. Oh yeah, and you can use and abuse as many of us as beta testers as you want! Cons : You need to produce the documentaion as well as a fully working program (to the specifications) by the date that your set. Graphics ~~~~~~~~ If your a wizard on Photoshop or any other elite graphic package and your capable of making the most visually stunning graphics and you want as many people to see your work as possible, then i guess this is your chance :) Your job will be making graphics for programs, the website, banners, etc etc. just about anything really. 90% of the time you'll be free to create such things how you want to, in your style, using whatever means you wish. Pros : More or less anything that you create for us will be seen by a hell of a lot of people. Cons : Need to prduce graphics by a date thats set. NOTE: We're also on the lookout for ASCII artists as well!