A publishing services company located in Silver Spring Maryland is looking for entry-level TeX applications programmers.

That is all you would read if we posted in the Washington Post. But there is a lot more to the job than just writing applications. That is why we are posting this long-winded message to the Internet.

We use TeX to typeset many of our pages. Not LaTeX, Plain TeX. We write complex macros. If you know TeX we would love to hear from you. We write our own macros. If TeX interests you, we can train you to become a TeX Wizard. Learn how to do running heads with alpha-omegas and continues heads (a particularly nasty combination that requires extensive knowledge of how \mark works).

We are a publishing services company. That means we do almost anything related to publishing. We specialize in database publishing. We take the data from our clients and create applications to edit and maintain the data. Then we take the data and produce camera-ready pages.

So what does all that mean to someone looking for an entry-level job? We will train you (or at least get you a manual for you to read) on a wide variety of tools. The databases we work with are not small. Most of the databases are between twenty and fifty megabytes in size. (Just large enough to be interesting.) We do work with larger databases. Some get into hundreds of megabytes or even several gigabytes of data.

In the past we took a wide variety of data formats. We have standardized on XML. We typeset directly from XML using TeX.

Our database application tool of choice is Delphi. We are moving all our existing applications to Delphi. So knowledge of Delphi/Pascal is highly desirable.

You must quickly master TeX quickly to keep this position.

A successful applicant will have practical experience with HTML and XML.

An ideal applicant will submit their resume written in TeX.

We are located in Silver Spring, Maryland just a mile or so inside the beltway. The working environment is casual; no need to dress up for work. We have flexible hours. The office building is across the street from a mall and a movie theater. There are numerous places to eat within walking distance, including some pretty good restaurants. Walking distance to the Silver Spring metro stop. Free garage parking.

The position is on-site. You must be able to get to Silver Spring, Maryland five days a week. We have a cafeteria benefits package and a 401K plan.

You must be a US Citizen or have a green card. If you are interested please email your resume to jmcarth@atlis.com or fax your resume to 301-755-0334, ATTN: Jeffrey McArthur or via smail to:

ATLIS Publishing
ATTN: Jeffrey McArthur, Code DJWEB
8728 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910

ATLIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Posted May 6, 2002

jmcarth@atlis.com