Thursday, November 7th 2024
TechPowerUp is Hiring a Power Supply (PSU) Reviewer
TPU is looking to hire a PC enthusiast or professional to review PC power supplies (PSUs) part-time. Our current reviewer suvirintojas put out some great work with us since 2023, but has changes in his life that require his attention. We thank him for the wonderful work and hope we find a replacement of equal caliber. TechPowerUp PSU reviews tend to be highly technical, as we dive into the finer aspects of the PSU's switching performance, and quality of electrical output across various voltage domains. We also focus on noise levels and efficiency.
The PSU industry is in a state of transition toward newer standards such as ATX 3.1, PCIe Gen 5 CEM, and perhaps even ATX12VO, which means we'll never run out of new PSUs to review for at least the next few years. This is where you step in—we are looking for a PSU reviewer with fairly high availability for a significant output of reviews. We can help arrange as many PSU samples as you can handle.
E-mail your resume to w1zzard@techpowerup.com along with a cover letter on why you think you're the ideal candidate for this position. Please include some basic details about yourself and where you're from. Optionally, you may provide examples of your work in any content medium (text, YouTube, etc.). It's okay if you're not a PSU reviewer, and think you have what it takes to become one.
The PSU industry is in a state of transition toward newer standards such as ATX 3.1, PCIe Gen 5 CEM, and perhaps even ATX12VO, which means we'll never run out of new PSUs to review for at least the next few years. This is where you step in—we are looking for a PSU reviewer with fairly high availability for a significant output of reviews. We can help arrange as many PSU samples as you can handle.
- The position is paid, part-time, remote, meaning you'll work from your own testing setup
- This means you need some space for equipment to conduct the testing and photography
- We don't have an exact number in mind, but we're looking for several reviews each month, ideally one a week, more if you can. Please only apply if you think you'll have enough time to achieve this throughput eventually (once you've got a routine figured out)
- While you may already have some contacts with PSU manufacturers, we're happy to connect you with them to ensure a steady supply of review units
- If you have our own testing equipment, that's great, but we can also provide gear for you
- For an idea of our testing process, you can check out our recent PSU reviews. This review structure is not rigid—your feedback is always welcome, and we'll work to onboard you with our in-house content management system
- You must have a decent understanding of a power supply and its internals, you don't have to be able to design one yourself
- We don't expect literary works from you, but you must be able to write decent English. Additionally, you should have basic image editing skills to process your photos
- For shipping logistics, we strongly prefer candidates located in the EU, UK, US, CA, TW, CN and JP (in no particular order). However, if you believe you are exceptional, feel free to make your case. We may consider waiving this requirement for the right candidate
E-mail your resume to w1zzard@techpowerup.com along with a cover letter on why you think you're the ideal candidate for this position. Please include some basic details about yourself and where you're from. Optionally, you may provide examples of your work in any content medium (text, YouTube, etc.). It's okay if you're not a PSU reviewer, and think you have what it takes to become one.
113 Comments on TechPowerUp is Hiring a Power Supply (PSU) Reviewer
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If only I had half my old equipment, I would give it a shot. But I never knew how to drag on an article. I would just say "its good" or "it sucks"
Hope they find a good PSU reviewer, worthy of TPU's name!
People with more objective opinions are welcome.
Not one review per week reinventing everything from the beginning with no experience and no equipment. Writing a new test procedure for every review. I don't think that's even possible unless we send him a time machine.
I'm always listening to my people and willing to make changes, as long as they make sense. That's why I usually work with new reviewers during onboarding in a 1:1 session to figure out how to do things the best way given the new circumstances. Also ask them what tests they think are important, and which could be meaningless, especially to you the readers.
The goal is NOT to have reviews that look extremely technical, super complicated, that you don't understand, to make you assume "they are doing the right thing".
I also don't want people that just blindly follow a test protocol, I can automate that, and feed the numbers into ChatGPT to generate the review text, no reviewer needed.
In reality Cybenetics tests much of what is covered in reviews, and much more, so reviews aren't as important anymore, at least not if you stay on known brands with decent warranties.
but it's interesting :)