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The first 100% QuickBasic game Review magazine
How to Work at V Planet
(10/14/2000) We've received a lot of requests from people who want to be a part of V Planet. Here's how you guys can join the team.
If you have nothing but QB floating in your head then this job opportunity
should look mighty attractive.
Until now, V Planet has not offered an organized way of signing up new members to join it's staff of four members. But as this QB site continues to grow, demand for more workpower to keep up with constant updates has become a necessity. Coincidentally, interest has recently been shown by many of our readers for job opportunities pertaining to V Planet. In order to alleviate the situation, we've come up with a list of jobs in V Planet that we want filled. We encourage anyone who has the qualifications to check out these job openings in V Planet, to make sure that if you're interested, you'll find the job that suits you best.
Benefits
Now, since V Planet is a non-profit QB
magazine, you will not receive a salary for working in V Planet. But what
you will receive is a pretty solid reader base of QB programmers that continues
to grow. You will have access to VPlanet's main mailbox too, so you'll
be able to discuss the future of V Planet there. Also, we're always looking
to expand. So if we do someday expand into a profitable endeavor, you will
be among the first in our priority list to not only receive compensation
for your work here, but to receive first-priority for paying jobs as well!
Job Openings
The following is a list of every job in
V Planet, including those that are taken and those that are available.
You can apply for the jobs denoted by the word Open
by reading about how to apply for that job. Note that depending on the
position you want, competition may be fierce. Also, for some jobs it's
okay to have more than one person working at that position.
| Position | What does thisperson do? | How to Apply |
| V Planet Editor/Webmaster (Nekrophidius) | Basically Nekrophidius has the last say-so with everything that happens with V Planet. Any ideas and reviews have to be cleared by him before the article goes in print. Nekrophidius is also in charge of the monthly editorial. | N/A |
| V Planet Managing Editor (Vance Velez) | If a job isn't filled,then it's Vance's job to "manage" it by either passing the job to the appropriate staff member or finishing the job himself. A producer of sorts, the Managing Editor works with the Editor and the rest of the V Planet staff to make sure the web site is in synch. | N/A |
| Entertainment Writer (Dusty Goehring) | Even since V Planet launched, one of our more unique and off-topic features of the usually 100% QuickBasic Game Review website is the Entertainment Section, offering a slice of pop culture by highlighting the Internet's best Celebrity sites.It's the Entertainment Writer's job to scour the net every month in searchof Hollywood and the industry's biggest stars and starlets, so those dedicated web sites can be enamored on our Entertainment page. | N/A |
| Web Designers (Vance Velez, Jeremy Hammond, Mark Grenham, Rune Moenneke) | No website could ever have enough Web Designers. It's the Web Designing team's job to suggest new looks for the site as the months go by, to make sure that the look of V Planet is always in style. Then Web Designers use their knowledge of Internet tools to help develop those changes, including the project of switching V Planet to a fully php-based website. A highly technical job that in particular looks good on a resume. | N/A |
| Graphics Designer (Toonski84) | A lot of site trafficis generated not by the web content, but by the presentation of that content.It's the Graphics Designer's job to continuously create new styles, helpingdetermine the direction of site layout as well as providing new graphicsto enhance and modernize the feel of V Planet. | N/A |
| Web Technician (Jeremy Hammond) | You may not noticethis,but V Planet is getting mighty big and more difficult to update. It is the job of the web technician to suggest and apply new technologies inorder to increase the efficiency and timeliness with which V Planet updates. This job in particular would look good on a job resume. Web technicians can also write QB articles that show up in our QB News section. | N/A |
| Game Guides Writer (Bainstooth) | It's the Game Guides Writer's job to play some of the more challenging QB games out there andprovide insight to these games through strategy guides and screenshots. Game Guide Writers also write QB articles that show up in our QB News section. | N/A |
| Reporter (Open) | The reporter's job in V Planet is to interview QB programmers. Usually the Managing Editor will ask reporters to interview someone, but a reporter can go off on his or her own if there's an inside scoop. Reporters can also write QB articlesthat show up in our QB News section. | Send us an e-mail containing your qualifications in summarized, resume form.Include what websites you've written to before, as well as other accomplishmentsthat pertain to your writing and journalistic ability. Also, send someURLs of some QB or other programming articles you've authored. |
| Freelance Writer (Open) | One of the moreattractive jobs in V Planet, the job of the Freelance Writer is to submit QB articles for our QB News section. | Send us an e-mail containing your qualifications in summarized, resume form.Include what websites you've written to before, as well as other accomplishmentsthat pertain to your writing and journalistic ability. Also, send someURLs of some QB or other programming articles you've authored. |
| QB Links Manager (Diamond Titan) | To help V Planet's Links page to grow, it is the job of the QB Links manager to search the Internet to find new QB links. Also, the QB Links manager should "cleanup" any broken links as they occur. The QB Links Manager can also write QB articles that show up in our QB News section. | N/A |
| Game Reviewer (QBShire, Antz, Richard Harris) | Probably the most sought after job in this list. You will be trained in the art of the stringent 35-point rating system used in all of V Planet's reviews. It's truly a Herculean task, but if you are up to it then this is the job for you. Game Reviewers can also write QB articles that show up in our QB News section, though it isn't required. | Send us an e-mail containing your qualifications in summarized, resume form.Include what websites you've written to before, as well as other accomplishmentsthat pertain to your writing and journalistic ability. Also, send someURLs of some QB or other programming articles you've authored. |
| V Games Programmers (Vance Velez, Sam Voigt) | If you're looking to help our in-house coding group V Games make the next generation of QB games, you can sign up here and work on V Game's latest undertakings, as well as submit titles of your own to launch here. Needless to say though, QB programming experience is a must. V Games Programmers can also write QB articles that show up in our QB News section, as well as have a project page for their QB projects. | Send us an e-mail containing your qualifications in summarized, resume form.For referrence, you may send samples of your QB programming prowess in your resume, or include at least one URL of websites that display some of your artwork. |
| V Games Artist (Open) | If drawing graphicsfor QB games is your area of expertise, V Games is currently looking fora graphics artist to work on backgrounds and graphics for our upcomingfighting game. | Send us an e-mail containing your qualifications in summarized, resume form.For referrence, you may send graphics files in your resume, or includeat least one URL of websites that display some of your artwork. |
All resumes should be e-mailed to vplanet@fcmail.com.