Hackaday has been expanding into all kinds of new areas. We find ourselves stretched a bit thin and it’s time to ask for help. Want to lend a hand while making some extra dough to plow back into your projects? These are work-from-home (or wherever you like) positions and we’re looking for awesome, motivated people to help guide Hackaday forward!
Contributors are hired as private contractors and paid for each post. You should have the technical expertise to understand the projects you write about, and a passion for the wide range of topics we feature. If you’re interested, please email our jobs line, and include:
- Details about your background (education, employment, etc.) that make you a valuable addition to the team
- Links to your blog/project posts/etc. which have been published on the Internet
- One example post written in the voice of Hackaday. Include a banner image, at least 150 words, the link to the project, and any in-links to related and relevant Hackaday features
What are you waiting for? Ladies and Gentlemen, start your applications!
What is the weekly hourly expectation? Whats the work like, is it ‘Submit a topic each week and we pay you if we use it’ type thing, or is it more ‘Here’s a project, we want an article on the editors desk tomorrow morning’ type thing?
Hi Kratz. We’re looking for a minimum of 2-3 posts per week. Our tips line turns up a lot of good story leads (thanks everyone for sending awesome stuff in!) but also depend on everyone to bring in a portion of their own leads as well. In addition to that, everyone is encouraged to work on longer original content posts like some of the ones shown in the right sidebar. For those we agree on topic and delivery date of each article.
Is that expected to be consistent? I could average that number of posts, but I have to travel for work to areas without internet access on a regular but unplanned basis (as in I know I’ll travel one to three times a month, but I don’t know which days I’ll be gone or which week those days will fall under).
How much do you pay per post?
last i heard on reddit, $16 a post…
No employment, so you have to carry all the associated overhead and accounting costs, then $16/post?! Yeah I’m going to spend all day digging out content from other sites and message boards only to be payed $16, sure thing.
They are targeting Indian nationals that can live for a year on $16.
“Bitch, please”. I used to do full-blown tutorials about Eagle CAD features for 20EUR/article, and it was acceptable for me, even though one article took about 1-2 days to write and correct. Sometimes it’s not about the price, it’s about the content you’re creating.
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Why didn’t you just volunteer?
Yeah if this guy is stupid enough to work for 300 euro a month at least a few hours a day you should be too.. What, you ain’t gangsta enough?
Yo yo you. Gangsta’ don’ work, they gangsta’. Where yo’ head at, biatch?
You can become quite efficient at it…
Oh yes: copy-paste most of the text without proof-reading, a link to a Yt video, two mandatory links to some vaguely similar posts on HaD, that´s it. No wonder…
It’ll be a privilege to write for hackaday, money would not be a motivator I feel! – Yours truly an Indian national! :)
I vote hmms for HaD. I will pay $100 internet bucks for every article he writes.
I write articles on my own blog for free. In fact they usually cost me significant amounts in materials or extra time spent documenting or editing video. Always given a start point for an article, and all you have to do is find out if it’s been posted on hackaday before? Easy mode.
^This.
I can’t count the hours I’ve invested into my monthly column for my local ham radio club’s newsletter. I’ve never been paid a dime. I could use an extra $16 here and there.
I’d love to live on $16 a year, really. Show me the hack.
You’re looking at this all wrong, Yes this is a job but your expectation is that it’s suppose to be financially viable to solely live off of. This is essentially a “paid hobby” which is a “job” because you’re being paid but it is meant to be done alongside your real day job in your free time. The nice part is that since you’re being paid it can be used towards work experience for those who are venturing that avenue in media.
It’s all about the enjoyment of doing a hobby not the monetary gain.
You can’t believe everything you read… This is the internet, after all.
Again !!!!!
What are you guys doing..
If you keep this up you are going to become a house hold name.
Great Job. Keep up the GOOD ( No Great ) job.
“One example post written in the voice of Hackaday.” So typos and factual errors included?
Ohhh… burn ;-)
Can’t resist….No, the editors insert those to generate comments. LOL
http://i.imgur.com/NHytgwX.jpg
My english is barely legible and i do a lot of drunk posting
When do i start?
Git en lien amachure!
You made a good start already with “legible” English. Writing would involve legibility, not language. Your English would be more like unintelligible. Or perhaps “Authentic Western Gibberish” to quote form a famous movie.
Can we see some examples from the tip line?
TheRegnirps, don’t bother applying. Your command of English is too advanced.
Paid by post? Not by the number of comments that spring from that post? B^)
I keep telling you people, Steve Jobs was the best engineer on the planet.
+1
+2
And Edison was better than Tesla!
No. I can’t let that pass :)
Agreed. Even if it was tongue in cheek, anyone who says that deserves to bite his tongue off while doing so. :P
Lee DeForest was a genius who had his ideas stolen by some hacker kid named Armstrong!
Louis? Ah… what a wonderful world!
Hi, quick question(s). How diverse are you? Do you have a CoC in place? Do you respect intersectionality and do you support non-binary sexes? Do you offer a safe space to work within?
TIA
TIA: yup
Do you have to offer for those looking for a more dangerous and less friendly work environment?
Please… For god sake…. Replace Brian Benchoff…..
Dirty little insider secret – there is no Brian Benchoff. He retired years ago and passed the name on, a la the Dread Pirate Roberts. The name inspires the necessary fear, you see.
Mike tells you all about it in orientation, along with the secret HaD handshake and how to get your contract-worker discount at Jack in the Box.
I am such a master troll
And this IS probably Brian Benchoff. ;)
Well… it isn’t exactly a HAND shake… but I’ve said too much already, as has Dan.
Time to delete alwilliams.exe :)
+1
Will my years of experience as an exotic dancer be considered when I apply?
Please place your portfolio photos on your account @hackaday.io
I’m so interested on this, but what if I want to post in Spanish version, ’cause it’s my native language.
I’m webmaster for an important site on the north of Mexico.
Hey readers! Would we consider tunnels hacks?
B^)
What if they use Arduinos for lighting?
Lol!!!
They will keep you in mind for their new website…
piratainformáticoeldia.com B^)
then HAD will loose a lot of readers.
do you require all submissions to be in white text on black background? is that negotiable?
A dark Forest Green, or Dark Navy Blue is also acceptable for the background, as is a light gray for the text.
$16.00:Post
I have great appreciation for anyone who works for HAD.. Everyone should..
Why not employ a RNN (https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/). Mix some of the HackaDay posts, some wikipedia entries, salt with a tip line submission and set for 1-hour intervals and “Bob’s your Uncle”?
$16 per article and then demanding to have 2 to 3 each week? That will only inspire mindless rehashing/copying what is already out there. OH WAIT…. ;)
No, seriously, why not skip the whole background / previous work experience / example article nonsense that would be reasonable if you paid something reasonable, and allow ANYONE to send in an article when they feel like it, and pay them $16?
It would go like:
1) hey, here’s an article
2) HAD: yes, it is good enough, here is $16
or
2) HAD: sorry, you need some more work on it to merit $16
or
2) HAD: thanks but no thanks.
And only publish articles that have been paid for of course.
A watermarked screenshot of the article would be enough to drm it. Then if it is approved, you provide the source code of the article. I’m already doing this with a publisher.
thanks, this may come in handy in the future.
THIS is not a bad idea. I can write, love doing stuff like this, but I’m not going to go through the ‘ whole background / previous work experience / example article’ thing for a part time job, while committing to two or three posts a week. If they let me send in an article I wrote once in a while when I run into something I think would make a good HackaDay article, well, that I would look into… ‘Guest writer’ status, HackaDay? Oh, I could also edit their articles for typos, something I’ve done for several of them already, privately. :P
Why would they pay you to undo all their hard work in generating comment-inducing “typos”?
It’s a good idea _but_ it could maybe require hiring someone to look at the articles. :)
well even if you “hire” people like they propose, it would still require someone to look at the articles.
No it doesn’t! Does it LOOK like HAD has anyone to proofread their artcles? B^)
Some (alleged) troll says $16 a post and you actually believe it?!?
What if I said I heard on Reddit that it was more like $50 a post? Would you believe that too?
Fair point. HAD has done nothing to disprove the $16 though. I think it’s strange that they aren’t upfront about it, don’t you?
If you said $50 I would find it harder to believe, but primarily because it conflicts with $16 and adds confusion.
I’m curious now what they’re actually offering.
This. +1
Or a gift certificate to the HaD Store!
MMmmm…. stickers….
I’m a Nigerian prince who needs to transfer my millions out of the country safely, could I ask for help with this in my posts?
What a coincidence, I’m a Nigerian prince too!
Why not just pay ???????????????????????? for articles that you accept and publish? Surely that way you’d get more, and more varied, material to pick & choose from. No need for all this qualification BS–each article can be judged on its merits. It seems to me that if you demand regular output from someone for the pitiful amount of money you’re (apparently) offering, you’re just going to have high turnover.
Question before I submit my resume, can I place a Paypal donate button on each post so I can at least earn minimum wage?
/s
Some of the comments for this post are marvelous with the perfect amount of sarcasm. You guys should hire more often :)
I don’t think they are really hiring, they were just short on content the day this was posted.
Jacob
Why not skip the articles and just publish the tip line after removing duplicates?
Hey Brian,
would the powers that be have in any interest in occasional articles from free lance writers?
If by Free Lance you mean breaking some felon named Lance from prison…
Go On…..