Howdy! I work in cleantech, and I guess it's that time again for a what-can-you-do-about-it post :) To start, here's my favorite climate change joke: "They say

Howdy! I work in cleantech, and I guess it's that time again for a what-can-you-do-about-it post :) To start, here's my favorite climate change joke: "They say we won't act until it's too late... Luckily, it's too late!" ==So what can you do about it?== The biggest thing that is most relevant to the HN audience is that you can work at a new energy technology company! Our industries are out of the R&D stage and are currently focused on scale and growth[1], and we need as many smart people as we can get. There are lots of companies hiring software engineers. ==How do I find a job fighting climate change?== I'd recommend browsing the exhibitor and speaker lists from the most recent conference in each sector (linked below). Check out the companies that interest you and see if they are hiring. * Energy Storage[2][3] * Solar[4][5] * Wind[6] * Nuclear[7] * Electric Utilities[8][9] * Electric vehicles[10] Also, if you're in the SF bay area, I'd recommend subscribing to my Bay Area Energy Events Calendar[11]. Just start showing up to events and you'll probably find a job really quickly. [1]: https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/22/energy-is-the-new-new-internet/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/22/energy-is-the-new-new-inte... [2]: http://www.esnaexpo.com/ http://www.esnaexpo.com/ [3]: https://www.greentechmedia.com/events/live/u.s.-energy-storage-summit-2016 https://www.greentechmedia.com/events/live/u.s.-energy-stora... [4]: https://www.intersolar.us/ https://www.intersolar.us/ [5]: http://www.solarpowerinternational.com/ http://www.solarpowerinternational.com/ [6]: http://www.windpowerexpo.org/ http://www.windpowerexpo.org/ [7]: https://www.nei.org/Conferences https://www.nei.org/Conferences [8]: http://www.distributech.com/index.html http://www.distributech.com/index.html [9]: https://www.greentechmedia.com/events/live/grid-edge-world-forum-2016 https://www.greentechmedia.com/events/live/grid-edge-world-f... [10]: http://tec.ieee.org/ http://tec.ieee.org/ [11]: https://bayareaenergyevents.com/ https://bayareaenergyevents.com/