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Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by snowwrestler »

clairity wrote: post #70
yanokwa wrote: post #50

I'm founder and CEO at ODK and we are hiring ( https://getodk.org/jobs )! ODK is an open-source mobile data collection platform. The common use-case is a data collector in the field fills out a form while offline. Whenever a connection is found, the data gets sent to a server where it can be seen and acted on. ODK is basically the Land Cruiser of mobile data collection apps. It's designed to be very reliable in chall…

> "The common use-case is a data collector in the field fills out a form while offline. Whenever a connection is found, the data gets sent to server where it can be seen and acted on." is there any user control over this? otherwise, this is an totalitarian's dream come true. i'd suggest thinking about this capability a little more in relation to "positive impact".

I’m really confused by your objection. Can you be specific about what kind of user control you think is missing?

People know they are voluntarily filling out a form and for whom. It just doesn’t go to a server immediately due to lack of signal.

How is this any worse than voluntarily filling out a printed form on paper and putting it into a mailbox to get picked up later? A practice that has been socially accepted for decades?

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by feydaykyn »

At https://padam-mobility.com, we make a complete on demand public transport solution : customer and driver applications, backend routing algorithm, management website. To my mind, an easy reliable service push people to reduce their car usage, simply because it's more convenient.

Internally, employees are driven by ecological reasons, but also by taking care of each other : non violent communication and kindness are very important values we put into action every day, it's been quite transformative to me.

Hope you'll find a job that you'll enjoy!

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by mrobins »

wayne-li2 wrote: post #39

If you want to work at positive impact companies, Khan Academy is one that comes up in my head. But take it from me, someone who has volunteered for civic tech organizations and have participated in ground work for political campaigns. The most positive impact you could possibly make is money. Political campaigns need thousands of volunteers. But someone who has no skills or education can volunteer. The supply pool i…

Sure donating to PACs can have positive impacts but it also fuels what has made politics so bad: a back and forth ever-growing battle for absurd campaign war chests.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by dml2135 »

jbothma wrote: post #140
wayne-li2 wrote: post #39

If you want to work at positive impact companies, Khan Academy is one that comes up in my head. But take it from me, someone who has volunteered for civic tech organizations and have participated in ground work for political campaigns. The most positive impact you could possibly make is money. Political campaigns need thousands of volunteers. But someone who has no skills or education can volunteer. The supply pool i…

> But take it from me, someone who has volunteered for civic tech organizations and have participated in ground work for political campaigns. The most positive impact you could possibly make is money. I don't really agree. Perhaps we're incredibly lucky as a civic tech non-profit, but our limiting factor generally isn't money. It's skilled people who can take responsibility and deliver. So if OP is an experienced dev…

Can’t speak for OP but if you’d like to talk to me please shoot me a DM :)

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by psyfi »

acheron wrote: post #169
wayne-li2 wrote: post #39

If you want to work at positive impact companies, Khan Academy is one that comes up in my head. But take it from me, someone who has volunteered for civic tech organizations and have participated in ground work for political campaigns. The most positive impact you could possibly make is money. Political campaigns need thousands of volunteers. But someone who has no skills or education can volunteer. The supply pool i…

He said positive impact on the world, and your suggestion is to donate money to a politician? It would have a better impact to set your money on fire.

Exactly, setting your money on fire will slow down inflation
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