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CAREERS—Good people, A fanatical focus on the gaming community and a commitment to excellence in all that we do. The common threads that have allowed us to grow do date have been the INTEGRITY and QUALITY of the people who have volunteered their services and those that have been managing the services offered and the users experiences. Looking ahead we are looking for GOOD PEOPLE. People with motivation to help and the integrity to do so in an ethical and professional manner---and the ability to KNOW that it means to be ethical and professional. If you have the SKILLS, the INTERESTS and the INTEGRITY to be a positive addition to our team we are looking to hear from you. Use the contact form below to express your interests….we’re looking forward to getting to know you!

TECHNICAL DEVELOPERS---CompeteSoft.com primarily utilizes software specialists who can DEVELOP applications, INTEGRATE software packages and/or PROJECT MANAGE a system development and implementation project. We are always looking for free lance developers with particular development skills and experience. Of particular interest to us are GAMERS who are professional developers by trade who would be available for contract development work. The development skills and language proficiencies are important. The experience with having built similar systems makes you even more valuable. And the GAMING understanding and insight you have---all other things being equal---makes you the person we want to talk to. Even if we don’t have a job currently, we want to get you into our files and interview you. Skills and expertise in the following are important to us:

• ASP, .NET
• Email autoresponders, SSL, Blog systems, Forums
• SQL Server, MySQL and other database systems, Data Base Managers
• Java developers (all related Java disciplines)
• Php, Ruby on Rails, Perl, Python---web development languages
• RSS solutions (import and export)
• Browser specific developments (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc)
• Microsoft Server, IIS
• Linux, Apache,
• Flash development
• Podcasting

GRAPHICS DESIGNERS---and web masters with graphical expertise are always needed. Every job requires a graphical component these days. And people’s taste in design (both the customer and the designer) oftentimes dictate that we work with several designers. If you would like to be considered and have your work presented to our prospects and clients, contact us to coordinate an interview and submission of a portfolio. Volunteers who can help other gamers in creating of various graphic elements will also be most welcome. Specifically the graphics community can provide:

• Avatars---design, creation for other gamers
• Signatures---graphics and text used on forum and blog postings
• Backgrounds---for individual pages, blogs and team web sites
• Web Page Templates---for team and individual web presence
• Awards and Prizes---for leagues, seasons, tournaments and events

AVID GAMERS---were what it took to build the original TeamCompete and upon whose backs we stand today. We have continuous demands for VOLUNTEERS to help with various site management and business development activities. If you have both skills and interests in any of the following areas please contact us. We’d like to get to know you and see how we can find a role for you on one of our sites. Of the utmost importance to us is your INTEGRITY, your LIFE EXPERIENCES and your level of MATURITY and COMMITMENT. We’re not interested in giving you a title for a forum signature so you can gain social status among your peers who may think it is cool. If that is all you want, we’ll give you a title. But we are looking for serious, mature people to help us run or in many cases develop a business that springs from gaming. Gaming sites and gaming in general has grown way beyond 3 fraternity brothers putting up something for a lark and having a few hundred friends gather for giggles. The commitment and level of trust and integrity required to volunteer services in support of any gaming site is no different than what it would be for any “real” job. Only difference is that these jobs are mostly volunteer positions and involve significant amounts of virtual contact and remote supervision. Many support roles exist on the various sites with a sample being:

• Moderators---in forums
• Admins---for gaming competition and social communities
• Commissioners---for various competitive leagues
• Referees---for game competitions, tournaments, events
• Community Manager---for groups of gamers sharing common interests
• Product or Platform Manager--- for a game or specific gaming platform
• User Guide--- assisting new users and helping with community questions
• Reporter---providing news from inside the communities as well as the larger gaming community at large
• Announcer---able to provide play by play commentary for particular games.
• Newsletter Writer---able to build and manage content for community newsletters

MARKETING and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT---Many of the tasks of getting the word out the gaming community at large entail getting to people who do not already know about what we are doing. We first have to DISCOVER the pockets of potential members and then get the message to them in a way they will be able to receive and respond to it. As such, we are constantly combing the Internet and gaming communities at large for leaders and influential writers, participants, gaming skill leaders and firms that are supporting gaming in various fashions. Loads of data are being collected. Collection and assessment of data in multiple areas of interest is an area where we can use all the help possible.

Once we find the communities we are interested in we need to get outbound messages together and into their communities in a positive fashion to gain their attention and respect. Writers with the ability to fashion messages and collateral both online and hard copy are welcome (and appreciated). Communications specialists professionally who are also gamers are a great find for us. They know the sweet spot to help apply our message and they know how to best package the message for maximum effectiveness. We would welcome volunteers with expertise and experience in any of the following.

• Writing---articles, press releases, gamer profiles, event summaries, human interest pieces,
• Content Creation---web site gaming news and industry materials. We import from other sites via RSS and produce some original content.
• Collateral Development---particularly newsletters, event flyers, tournament and playoff promotions, outbound messages for web site presentation
• Researchers---searching gaming sites, and collecting industry news appropriate to our sites
• Online Advocates---capable of creating a community on other social networking sites in a positive and proactive manner to present the offerings we have for gamers.
• Community Managers----keeping track of and maintaining awareness of digital communities online (games, platforms, etc)

If you are a gamer and have found this section of our site you likely have an interest in helping in some fashion. Let us know what you want to do and where your skills lie and we’ll get back to you to see if there is a possibility of us working together. Fill out the form below and send it to us to get started. We’ll get right on it and contact you to discuss your interests further.