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Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a software job that helps society?

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jhspaybar wrote: post #7

http://www.google.com/about/jobs/ Now, before you down vote me consider they have been instrumental in making knowledge accessible that generally just couldn't be found. They're likely to be on the leading of eliminating most traffic deaths with their self driving cars, and they're providing free Internet to the world with Loon. Big and successful companies across the industry are doing great things and having amazin…

Yes, been there, done that. I'm all in favor. But now, I want some of those warm fuzzies....

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a software job that helps society?

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Post by scottalpert »

josh_fyi wrote: post #9

There's my http://meaningful-jobs.fiveyearitch.com (so long as you are in the US). We've got jobs in medical research, green energy, and others.

Looks good!

Jobs that help humanity should be touting it directly -- a major selling point.

I'll see what good stuff I find there.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a software job that helps society?

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Post by scottalpert »

systemizer wrote: post #8

This isn't a job, but if you follow #hack4good on twitter or geeklist's hack4good feed ( https://geekli.st/#hack4good ), there are some cool projects going on around social good. Most recently there was a hackathon around the typhoon that hit the Philippines.

I've been involved in volunteer projects. Ideally, I'd like to be able to do this sort of thing all day long.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a software job that helps society?

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Post by mehmedrecip »

josh_fyi wrote: post #9

There's my http://meaningful-jobs.fiveyearitch.com (so long as you are in the US). We've got jobs in medical research, green energy, and others.

Nice selection of "meaningful jobs." But the listings are US only (though the other features have international support). When will you expand the "meaningful jobs" to the UK?

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a software job that helps society?

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Post by scottalpert »

ffrryuu wrote: post #14

You can't. Go for a more traditional job instead. Eg: finance or law.

Hey, here on HN we never say "You can't."

I've done the finance thing, and it's got its good side. But now, I want to see how I can help more directly. And yes, it's possible.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a software job that helps society?

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Post by SingingBurrito »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #10
SingingBurrito wrote: post #6

I work for a public safety agency in Southern California and we have a medium size IT organization within it we have a small developer core that help design and build applications. These applications are used daily to save people's lives. It does not pay much but at the end of the day you go home knowing that the work you did helped saved someone's life. Not sure where you live but if you are interested, I can point…

Does any of this get open sourced for other departments to use?

Yeah, almost all of it is shared with other departments for free if others are interested. For the most part lot of it is internal to an organization and the business practices and technology differ from agency to agency and as a result lot of it does not implement well. But lots is shared.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a software job that helps society?

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Post by ffrryuu »

scottalpert wrote: post #17
ffrryuu wrote: post #14

You can't. Go for a more traditional job instead. Eg: finance or law.

Hey, here on HN we never say "You can't." I've done the finance thing, and it's got its good side. But now, I want to see how I can help more directly. And yes, it's possible.

Whoever has the gold, makes the rules.
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