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To: Proton Technologies AG
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Route de la Galaise 32,
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1228 Plan-les-Ouates
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Geneva, Switzerland
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Job Description: Front-End Developer
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<h1 id="why-i-want-to-work-for-proton">Why I Want To Work For Proton</h1>
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<p>Hello,</p>
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<p>You may notice from the email address that I personally use a Protonmail email address. That in itself may not prove anything.
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That said, security and privacy is what I live for.
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Everybody deserves access to secure communication away from the prying eyes of the NSA, its global partners in spymenship and other governments and special interest groups around the world.</p>
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<p>Proton embodies, to me, what email—and other internet services in general—<em>should</em> be. A service you pay for with your money, not your data.</p>
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<h2 id="what-i-plan-to-achieve">What I Plan To Achieve</h2>
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<p>My specialty is in improving accessibility with screen readers and other blind-friendly devices.
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The recent addition of key bindings to navigate the interface will go a <em>long</em> way towards accessibility for the visually impaired.
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Awesome work!</p>
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<p>I want to help Protonmail be the best secure, accessible email platform in the world.</p>
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<h2 id="why-i-applied-despite-lack-of-experience">Why I Applied Despite Lack Of Experience</h2>
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<p>I have been writing websites since high-school; I went to collage to learn what ‘real’ software development is like. Despite this, I put more time and effort into my off-school hours to learn what people are actually using on a large scale: Django, Ruby On Rails, Redis, Docker, ES6 Javascript. None of which was taught in class.
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Since leaving school I have had the opportunity to use everything I learned out of class in real-world scenarios and I trust that I can take this information to Proton where I can help make the software better for everyone.</p>
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<p>I am a self-starter and a go-getter. Nothing proves it like how much I learned outside of my classes compared to inside.</p>
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<p>I would be honoured to work for a company I truly believe in.</p>
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<p>—Tait Hoyem</p>
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