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Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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alexjplant wrote: post #28
brianlweiner wrote: post #18

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There's still lots of non Military / Fed stuff! And it's getting better. https://www.sparkpost.com/ https://www.cloudtamer.io/ https://www.contrastsecurity.com/ A few off the top of my head. I'm currently working (remotely) for a BigCo that acquired my startup employer last year. Technical.ly can be a good resource for local postings. I've worked as a SWE in Baltimore for 10 years and have never had employment issues…

If you (OP of the parent's parent) do interview in the area be sure to dig in to find what the company's lines of business are. CloudTamer, for instance, is ostensibly a commercial product-based company but does business with federal agencies and contractors (per their web site) and was at the AWS Public Sector Summit a few years ago. A different company that I interviewed at in an adjacent space (security vs CloudTa…

TBF, "Washington-type" work also includes journalism and NGOs, so it could be the place to live (along with NYC) if you want to do tech in either of those fields.

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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mendeza wrote: post #25
willis936 wrote: post #11

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Quirky diners are one of the biggest things I miss from seacoast NH. What is there to do for tech work in Baltimore? All jobs I've seen are in the MIC, which I dislike.

I am living in Baltimore and work out of DC as an ML engineer. The commute sucks, but with because of covid, I have been WFH. DC has a lot of tech companies, but lots of connections to defense.

The county or the city? Do you take the MARC?

I am curious why someone would do this commute, it seems like there are lots of cheaper options closer to DC with their own semi-urban area.

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by whimsicalism »

moron4hire wrote: post #23
mesofile wrote: post #21

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For any art aficionados visiting Baltimore, I'd also recommend the American Visionary Art Museum, a fantastic experience. https://www.avam.org/

Came here to say the same thing. It's a brilliantly wonderful place. Also in DC, don't forget the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. It's one of my favorite modern art museums in the world, and I live 20 minutes from it. I don't go anywhere near often enough.

> Hirshhorn Museum

One of the best in DC, although it is currently closed.

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by neutronicus »

whimsicalism wrote: post #32
mendeza wrote: post #25

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I am living in Baltimore and work out of DC as an ML engineer. The commute sucks, but with because of covid, I have been WFH. DC has a lot of tech companies, but lots of connections to defense.

The county or the city? Do you take the MARC? I am curious why someone would do this commute, it seems like there are lots of cheaper options closer to DC with their own semi-urban area.

A lot of times the answer is a domestic partner working at one of the Baltimore hospitals

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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etempleton wrote: post #17
willis936 wrote: post #11

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Quirky diners are one of the biggest things I miss from seacoast NH. What is there to do for tech work in Baltimore? All jobs I've seen are in the MIC, which I dislike.

There are quite a large number of well regarded universities and hospitals. In addition, Under Armour and a few other Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Baltimore. Baltimore is a cool town. People have a perception of it based on national media, and don’t get me wrong, it has it’s share of issues, but every city does. It is one of the quirkiest, weirdest cities in the US. It is not quite a northern city and n…

> It is not quite a northern city and not quite southern either.

That's because it is in the mid-atlantic!

Baltimore reminds me of DC ~20 years ago.

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by CyberRabbi »

lindseymysse wrote: post #30

My vacations in the before times were to go to Europe to copy paintings. I sometimes spend a week at an institution just copying paintings, so I get to know the guards. So many of them are spectacular artists in their own right. In my utopian vision of the world, museum guards are given rolling pedestals and pencils and told to roam the galleries copying. They can pay attention to what's going on around them and draw…

I love your utopian vision, seconded. In fact, something like this would boost the economy ever so slightly, creating a new source of skilled productivity. Guards with new skills would gain the option of becoming illustrators, likely slightly but perhaps noticeably increasing the supply of illustrators available to lend their services to new projects.

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by cardine »

willis936 wrote: post #11
throwaway290232 wrote: post #3

Looks like it's getting hugged to death: https://web.archive.org/web/20210716193902/https://artbma.or... I love the BMA. It's a free museum with a great restaurant, cool exhibits, a nice park across the street. Nearby is The Book Thing, a free book store. Also another (non-free) book & record store, Normal's. And another, Urban Reads. And another bookstore/coffee shop, Bird in Hand. And a farmer's market. And a vegan…

Quirky diners are one of the biggest things I miss from seacoast NH. What is there to do for tech work in Baltimore? All jobs I've seen are in the MIC, which I dislike.

Our startup (Cortx) does natural language generation work, is located in Fells Point, and is currently hiring Machine Learning Engineers and Full Stack Engineers :)

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Post by smoldesu »

throwaway290232 wrote: post #3

Looks like it's getting hugged to death: https://web.archive.org/web/20210716193902/https://artbma.or... I love the BMA. It's a free museum with a great restaurant, cool exhibits, a nice park across the street. Nearby is The Book Thing, a free book store. Also another (non-free) book & record store, Normal's. And another, Urban Reads. And another bookstore/coffee shop, Bird in Hand. And a farmer's market. And a vegan…

I used to head out there annually for... convention stuff, but I quite liked the city when I was passing through. Conditions there seem to be improving rapidly, too!
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