To print this page, select "Print" from the File menu of your browser salon.com > Technology August 14, 1999 URL: http://www.salon.com/tech/chal/1999/08/14/challenge_25 21st Challenge No. 25 Take this job and post it! Tech-style "help wanted" ads for the rest of us. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau Job listings for tech companies have become increasingly alluring, filled with promises of captivating work at trendy companies at the cutting edge of the Net -- not to mention the stock options, casual dress codes and carbonated beverages. Readers are invited to inhabit the style and fizz of such postings to create an advertisement for a position at a decidedly non-high-tech company (need we say "bricks and mortar"?). Begin with a catchy subject line and continue with up to 50 words describing the job in question. S A M P L E Join the front line of a hot company! Our leading-edge technology facilitates menu-driven transactions in a fast-paced, autopian environment. Interface with customers via direct audio link. Broadcast experience a plus. Job Title: Drive-up Window Trainee. Contact: HR@BurgerKing.com. R U L E S Send your submissions via e-mail only to salon21st@salon.com. Please include your full name and an accurate e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner. By submitting your entry you give Salon Technology permission to publish it. Deadline for entries is August 23, 1999. P R I Z E S The winning response will receive a copy of Salon Technology senior correspondent Andrew Leonard's book, "Bots: The Origin of New Species." In two weeks we'll publish a winner and some selected entries -- then start over a couple weeks after that with a whole new challenge. salon.com | August 14, 1999