Part time jobs for active file collectors located anywhere
in the USA (and international/with a few restrictions) with
STRONG interests in any of the following:
  Clipper, FoxPro, Paradox, Clarion, PowerBuilder, MS-Access,
Visual Basic, SQL, Delphi and Windows NT Utilities. For
MATURE, PROFESSIONAL, RESPONSIBLE ADULTS ONLY.
  You will maintain a complete collection of specialty
Public Domain and Shareware files for one of the specialties
listed above. EMS Professional Shareware will give you a data
entry system pre-loaded with information on the files we have
already colelcted. You will collect files we are missing from
local and national BBSes, online services, CD-ROMs, etc., enter
information about them into the system, and send EMS the
updated system and file library once every two months for
publication.
  You MUST have good writing skills (for the product
descriptions) and the discipline to follow instructions and
complete projects ON TIME. You will need 10 to 200MB of
free disk space, depending on the library you are assembling.
A CD-ROM drive is required. Other hardware requirements depend
on the type of library assembled. Most of our collectors call
dozens of major BBSes in large metro areas as well as several
national BBSes and use CompuServe and other national nets.
Most have high speed modems and are employed computer
professionals with high technical skill levels. This work is
NOT for "casual" file collectors! If you aren't doing a lot
of focused collecting ALREADY, this isn't for you (*TRUST ME!*),
please don't waste your time and ours by calling.
  Benefits???
  You will be able to start a small consulting business without
the trouble or marketing, and can work the hours YOU want, from
your home or existing office. You should be able to deduct a
lot of your current PC and BBSing expenses, including profes-
sional magazines, PC hardware and software, line charges,
CompuServe/etc. membership and usage fees, and Internet access
costs. You will become one of the world's principal authorities
on shareware in your specialty area and keep your technical
skills up to date by interacting with hundreds of authors with
similar interests. You will also get your existing file
collection organized. Typical income is $6 per file collected
plus allowance for on-line costs. This generally works out to
$100 to $300 per library per month.
  Assembling and maintaining libraries involves a LOT of work
(perhaps 10 hours per week), but the ideal candidate will
*ALREADY* be calling the BBS/services and collecting the files for
their current needs, so that incremental pay will be $30/hour
or more.
  If interested, call Eric Engelmann, +1(301)924-3594 for an
interview. Do NOT send email requesting more information. CALL
or (if you are outside the USA or can't use the phone for some
other reason) tell us about yourself and your file collecting
abilities in the particular software area of interest to you
in a DETAILED EMail message, with a good time for us to call
you (evenings and weekends are fine). A resume/CV is NOT
necessary. Some idea as to types of sources you currently can
collect from is (e.g. what online services, can you FTP, do you
call national BBSes or just local, do you get/process shareware
CD-ROMs, etc.).