Break Diving 2024 Vopportunities

Volunteer with us and become a part of
the team that's changing the world!

STEP ONE: Click these boxes to learn more.

Staff Vopportunities
Member Vopportunities

Staff Volunteer Opportunities

(For members who want to help out full time on the team)

About Break Diving

Break Diving is an American 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with one primary mission: helping people worldwide find success, happiness, and friendship. Our primary method for doing this is our online social-media community and education hub found right here at BreakDiving.io. Please find all current position vacancies below.

NOTE: Please see the role descriptions at the bottom of each page to help you understand the different responsibilities.

To be a staff volunteer, can you confidently answer yes to each of these questions?

Are you comfortable working in an online remote staff environment (Slack , ClickUp, & Github) or ready to learn?

Can you check in regularly on Slack / ClickUp / Github (at least once or twice per day), working with people from around the world?

Is your English level at a high intermediate level or higher?

Can you or are you willing to learn how to code in Ruby, Rails, Javascript, HTML, & CSS?

Can you multitask with ease, working on multiple projects at one time, without getting overwhelmed (or willing to learn)?

Are you capable of working on a team, hand-in-hand helping one another?

Are you good at following directions, and at the same time, capable of innovation and trying something new?

Can you learn new technologies through self-study and practice?

Are you responsible, dependable, and capable of finishing tasks assigned to you?

Are you looking forward to working hard?

Are you humble enough to follow orders when given and to ask for help when needed?

Regarding your progress on the team, are you prepared to submit detailed weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on your contributions to the company?

Regarding your required ongoing coding study, are you prepared to submit detailed weekly, monthly, and quarterly progress reports, and abide by our training program?

Are you prepared to join a monthly all-team meeting, and occasional smaller team meetings during the month as well?

Are you prepared to join us with no pre-determined exit date, i.e. you look forward to being a part of the company for the many foreseeable years into the future?

Are you doing this because you LOVE our mission, i.e. not just to gain experience to put on your resume?

Are you ready to join a team that is changing the world for the better?

Dr. Monroe Mann - Founder of Break Diving

PhD, Attorney, MBA, Executive Director, & Team Leader

If you really love our mission, love being a member of our community, and love being a part of a close-knit and professionally run team, you’ll love it here. The commitment is full-time, but very flexible and asynchronous. You’ll learn a lot, grow as a person, get to share your opinions, and be a part of a team that is changing the world. As a full team member you will be a part of the coding team, the marketing team, and also the finance team. Your contributions will focus in one of these areas, but everyone contributes everywhere, and that's what makes our team so close knit. If you love to learn, you'll love it here.

To become a volunteer and start your journey as a Break Diving Team Member, complete the following six steps

Step 1 of 6

Research and Apply

Research Break Diving.

Learn about our mission, the Diver's Code, Break Diving Member Expectations, as well as our Terms of Service (it isn't long, we promise!).

Once you are familiar with Break Diving, submit your application to become a member of the Break Diving Community.

Step 2 of 6

Become Part of the Community

Join the BD - Vopportunities chatroom and express your interest.

Earn 50 points total, in all areas of the site. Keep your points at or above 25 on the 7-day leaderboard at all times, bare minimum.

You can do this by being an active member for at least two weeks, and participating as part of the BD - Welcome Team. This includes: welcoming new members, helping them, and being actively present in the community and chatrooms.

You must join two live events and participate for the entire hour.

Ferds Guiang

Break Diving Team Member

One of the most important things I've rediscovered is how the sense of purpose makes a person fully alive. I wanted to send this message to as many people as I can and hope that many allow me to engage in this conversation. Break Diving is allowing me to do this aside from creating the opportunity to develop my personal, professional and technical skills. It really is a complete package and I am so glad to have been accepted to the superb team that makes all this possible and worthwhile.

Step 3 of 6

Video Interview

You must have working WiFi, audio, video, and microphone to work on our team. The very relaxed and low-key interview will be conducted after attending your first live event, so sign up for that soon.

If after we complete the interview, if we feel we need additional information from you to make a decision, we may make such a request. Otherwise, we will move you to the next phase, the main focus of which is communication. You must provide regular daily updates in the Vopportunities chatroom on your progress towards completing all of the steps. This is important to show that you are capable of succeeding in our online remote environment.

Step 4 of 6

Coding Basics and First Dives

We require that volunteer applicants submit at least two coding dives, and one must be a backend dive (Rails, Ruby, Django, Java, Python, PHP, NodeJS, C, C++, or comparable). You can get started on this step at any time.

If you're new to coding, start learning the basics of HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ruby, Rails, & SQL by visiting and using the Break Diving dive handbooks. Submit your first coding dive as quickly as possible. Ask questions in the community for help on your coding journey. The sooner you get started, the sooner you can volunteer with us. Note: some backend frameworks like Rails and Django also require a basic competency in the foundation languages, i.e. Ruby and Python.

If you are already competent with the basics in one or two of the required coding dives, and can prove it, go ahead and pursue those dives, and immediately submit the certifications.

Bhavya Bhandary - Leadership Team

Break Diving Team Member

I love working at Break Diving. The team members are kind and friendly and always inspire me to push myself to improve my skills. On the team, everyone is a leader and gets the opportunity to challenge their creativity and come up with new ideas. I believe in Break Driving's mission. In the community, I get to meet people from different countries and learn about different cultures and languages.

Step 5 of 6

Github

Visit github.com and setup an account there.

Go through as many Git and GitHub tutorials that you can find on the site. Also complete the Git tutorial on W3Schools.com. Next, watch the git video created by Break Diving on our YouTube channel.

Also visit our dive handbooks and find the one for Git/Github.

Step 6 of 6

Knowledge Challenge Tests

Please visit the Volunteer Challenge Section on the .org site, and take the GENERAL test as well as the CODING test.

Yes, answer ALL sections (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced) to the best of your ability. You can use Google/Bing to find the answers. You are also welcome to take any of the other challenge tests if you are interested and want to showcase your knowledge and experience.

This may take you a while, so get started as soon as you can. NOTE: You can do many of these steps out of order. Just keep us informed where you are, and what you've completed.

If the above seems a bit too overwhelming for you (and you're not interested in coding), you can also help informally by joining the community and helping us out in a more informal capacity from the Vopportunities chatroom! Make sure to click the 'member vopportunities' at the top of this page for more information, and after you apply and are accepted, we can find some important simple tasks for you to accomplish.

Ileana Argyris - Leadership Team

Break Diving Team Member

Volunteering at Break Diving has pushed me to grow in all aspects of my life. It challenges me to be a better leader, marketer, coder, and team member. I love coding new features and coming up with ways to help our members be as successful as they can be.

The Team

Break Diving Founder Monroe Mann: PhD in psychology, attorney, MBA in finance, Masters in entrepreneurship, LLM in commercial real estate, and 2022 BS in Computer Science. Bronze-star nominated Iraq veteran (Captain). 10-time published book author. Linguist (Chinese, French, Italian). Expat: China, Switzerland, France. Ruby on Rails web developer. YouTuber. Filmmaker & Actor (See: "You Can't Kill Stephen King" on Amazon Prime). And more.

Bhavya and Ileana round out the leadership team with impressive SQL, Javascript, and CSS/HTML skills, leadership ability, and a very helpful feminine touch. We have a team of equally impressive individuals who together have helped us accomplish so much. Bottom line: we are a rockstar team of winners.

As a result, the application process can take anywhere from 4 - 12 weeks, depending on whether you have already been a member of our online community for some time. We only let people officially join the team who first 100% prove their love of our mission (by first being a member of our community) and then proving to us that they can succeed on our team (by evincing all the qualities of a good team member through accomplishment of our 6 pre-team volunteer tasks). In other words, volunteering with us is not a clichéd "chance to give back"; it's a chance to dramatically improve the world, change its shape, and make it so much better. As a result, you can start volunteering with us from day one, but you are not invited onto the team until after a) you've proven that you care more about our long-term mission than improving your short-term resume, and b) you've proven you will help us move faster in fulfilling that mission (by completing the many required application tasks). Remember: it's not about you. It's about our mission and our members. Only those who understand that get to join our team.

Frequently Asked Questions

It varies. It can take anywhere from a month to three months, depending on your level of coding experience, and your determination.

One of your main responsibilities would be to be a truly active member of the Break Diving community. This would mean ensuring that you regularly make posts, respond to posts, chatting in the chat rooms, sending new members messages, and welcoming new members by responding to their posts. You are also expected to work hard to rise higher in the ranks towards Break Diver - Elite. A status report would also be expected every Sunday in Slack; there is a template for this, and you will be told exactly what you need to address for this report. Finally, you need to conduct regular and varied coding study each week. No on is exempt from any of these requirements. Beyond that, you'll be working on coding, marketing, and finance tasks for the company.

Break Diving encourages constant learning and has great starting points and handbooks that will be recommended to you. You will learn how to code and become really good if you want to join our team. We'll help you learn the basics, and once you prove that you do know the basics, you can get certified, and join our team.

Because we don't work with 'mercenaries' or 'hired guns' who only focus on doing what they love to do. Further, we know from experience that the best coders on our team contribute to our marketing and our financial bottom line. Bottom line: each team member is also an entrepreneur, helping in all areas of the company to ensure the company grows more successful. Our team members must truly love our mission and are ready and willing to do whatever job is necessary to help us succeed.

Our staff are the main ambassadors of the community and to the community. You need to be the public face of the company to help our members navigate around and use the site, and to see what it means to truly be a Break Diver. Also, you won't know of any problems within the company and the codebase unless you're actively using all features of the site on a regular basis. Our staff members often find bugs before our members do. Why? They use the site regularly.

You will learn a variety of skills from marketing and coding to community building and managing finances. For those inteested, you can develop your leadership skills too. Our team is well rounded and we do everything remotely. You will become a great communicator!

Volunteering at Break Diving is by no means a small commitment. While it will not become your life's primary focus, if it's not a main focus, you will not succeed here. The time commitment varies but you can expect to spend more than 10 hours a week on Break Diving tasks, and often more.

Not to worry! We also have member volunteer opportunities that are a bit less involved but still allow you to help! Possible tasks include: becoming a country leader, recruiting your friends, handing out flyers, posting on social media, and hosting Break Diving events.

Nope! We want people on the team who believe in our mission so much that they will always want to be a part of the team. Please PLEASE don't join us if you expect you will leave as soon as you get a full-time job somewhere. And definitely do not think you can try to use us as a stepping stone to a full-time job and we won't notice. We will. Further, if you do that, and use us, while you may succeed in getting the job, you will also succeed in burning bridges with everyone else on this team. Please don't do that to us. We would prefer you didn't join our team in the first place.

Nope! We tried that, and these volunteers all left as soon as they go their hours. We don't need someone for 50 hours. We need someone for the next 50 years.

Yes, many of our sponsors off free training and access to their websites to our full-time team members. We are actively creating new sponsorships and always trying to offer more benefits for our team members.

Member Volunteer Opportunities

(For members who want to help out just a bit on the side)

About Break Diving

NOTE: Please see the role descriptions at the bottom of each page to help you understand the different responsibilities.

To be a member volunteer, can you confidently answer yes to each of these questions?

Do you love the Break Diving community?

Do you REALLY love the Break Diving community?

Do you really love helping others?

Do you want to help Break Diving become more successful?

Are you actively on the community at least two days a week?

Do you participate in the chatrooms regularly?

Have you attended at least 2 live events, and do you regularly attend live events?

Do you have at least 1 certified dive, and are you working on more?

Are your 7-day points always above zero?

Are you responsible and dependable?

Will you take this role seriously?

Dr. Monroe Mann - Break Diving Founder

PhD, Attorney, MBA, Executive Director, & Team Leader

If you really love our mission, love being a member of our community, and love being a part of a close-knit and professionally run team, you’ll love it here. The commitment is part-time, but very flexible and asynchronous. You’ll learn a lot, grow as a person, get to share your opinions, and be a part of a team that is changing the world.

To become a volunteer and start your journey as a Break Diving Team Member, complete the following six steps

Step 1 of 6

Research and Apply

Research Break Diving.

Learn about our mission, the Diver's Code, Break Diving Member Expectations, as well as our Terms of Service (it isn't long, we promise!).

Once you are familiar with Break Diving, submit your application to become a member of the Break Diving Community.

Step 2 of 6

Become Part of the Community

Join the BD - Vopportunities chatroom and express your interest.

Earn 50 points total, in all areas of the site. Keep your points at or above 15 on the 7-day leaderboard at all times, bare minimum.

You must join two live events and participate for the entire hour.

Kashaf Asif

Break Diving Member from Pakistan

Honestly I think Break Diving is a place where you can overcome any of your fears. This community is like a family where everyone is happy to help one other and anyone can ask for help freely because no one is here to judge or criticize you. You can pretty much share anything here. No matter if you are going through good or bad times everyone in this community is there for you. I don't have many friends here in Pakistan but when I am here on Break Diving, it's like everyone is my friend or part of my family. You know, I am really an introvert, but after joining Break Diving, I just want to put myself out there and meet new people and get out of my comfort zone! I am noticing a lot of positive changes in my life.

Step 3 of 6

Remain an Active Member

We want members to help us who truly love our community, and who we know are not going to disappear after a week.

Therefore, you can't become a member volunteer after a week of joining. It could be one month, it could be three months, but we need to feel comfortable that you're going to be regularly active in the community each week, and are dependable.

Step 4 of 6

Choose Areas of Contribution

You can currently assist in the following areas: country coordinator, city coordinator, chatroom moderator, event host, event co-host, handbook creator, welcome team, blog content writer, blog manager, dive committee, dive certification team, dive coordinator, dive country coordinator, dive city coordinator, etc.

You will find vacant positions below that you can apply for.

Amos Adeyemo

Break Diving Member from Nigeria

When I first joined the Company of Break Divers, initially I thought it was just about getting to know the members, and what they were up to. However, the experience here with other Break Divers quickly cleared this illusion, as members provided suggestions, analysis, help, ideas, and the desire to help me fulfill my dreams irrespective of the obstacles. The Break Diving community is a group of people that keeps communication flowing without self-centeredness and egotistical sentiments. The individuals here want to understand you, your dreams, and what you're doing to bring them to fruition. They don't leave you without helping. They provide suggestions, skill development, and even encouragements to let you know you're not alone. They are like Able-soldiers fighting your armies and their armies at once in as much as you open up to them. I encourage as many as possible with great dreams to consider joining.

Step 5 of 6

Determine Requirements

Each position requires a minimum level of expertise and experience. The staff will work with you to determine if you're best fit for the position.

Step 6 of 6

Meet the Requirements and Apply

Once you feel you have met the minimum requirements for that particular position, let us know in the vopportunities chatroom.

Gay Mare Capones

Break Diving Member from the Phillippines

What I love about Break diving are the better opportunities to learn from the advice and tips from staff and members and the privilege to learn from the many things Break Diving offers like foreign language practice, learning about new cultures, and sharing information about the economies of the world. I even have the privilege to share my own story, earn certification for my life accomplishments, and enhance my English vocabulary. At Break Diving, there are no more excuses for my 'whys' for not doing something because through Break Diving, I now know what I want to achieve and have the tools to do it. This platform and the network it provides gives me a hope to create a better start up in my career. It is a step-by-step lifelong journey for me to be involved with. I am hoping for my improvements and my aspirations to motivate members and non-members around the world. I also noticed that by being a member of Break Diving, I have found the guts to explore myself. I am challenged to push myself to reach my goals. And the best part is that everyone works as a team to help all members to reach their goals in life.

The Team

Bibian Baralemwa

Break Diving Member from Uganda

Break Diving is one of the best communities. There is so much positive energy that even if someone joined with negativity, it is impossible not to be automatically won over by positivity! With so many people hurt and wounded by the world's negativity, Break Diving is definitely a great place to heal, grow, and thrive

Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on which role you decide to take on, and to what extent you wish to be involved. But in general, a few hours per week minimum.

Yes, absolutely. If you want to start out with less responsibility, you can choose this role first.

No, because of the amount of training and responsibility needed to be on the coding team, we only allow those who are willing to work with us indefinitely, and virtually full-time. Working on the coding team requires a big investment of time, and further, we need coding team members to be more invested in the everyday operations of the company, to include marketing and financing.

6 months

No, not at this time. All communication will be conducted via the community or via email. We will ask that you create an account on the Signal app, or provide your phone number, so that we can send you text messages.

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