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Something I've been thinking lately and may as well ask here: is there a resource for finding tech positions exclusively with socially/morally net positive orga

Something I've been thinking lately and may as well ask here: is there a resource for finding tech positions exclusively with socially/morally net positive organizations? It seems most of the tech job ads I browse through seem to be mostly companies chasing the money rather than focusing on trying to make a net positive social impact.

quuquuquu 9y ago
I would suggest Angel List to at the very least narrow your search, and then manually inspect the companies that come close to what you are looking for :) You will find that they are few and far between ahah
mkrum 9y ago
Who gets to decide whats "socially/morally net positive"? Every company thinks they're "socially/morally net positive", which at best happens by accident. If you want to help people, join a non-profit, don't buy into some company's PR. Companies chase money, thats the point of a company.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> Something I've been thinking lately and may as well ask here: is there a resource for finding tech positions exclusively with socially/morally net positive organizations? Views on morality differ, and there is no universally accepted method of assessing or aggregating utility, so this is not a thing that can be done objectively. Such a thing, were it to exist, would be highly subjective. > It seems most of the tech job ads I browse through seem to be mostly companies chasing the money rather than focusing on trying to make a net positive social impact. Welcome to capitalism. That said, there are jobs at public benefit corps, charitable nonprofits, and governments, which in principle are about social benefit by some standard instead of (or in addition to, in the first case) profit.
thex10 9y ago
Hi, I don't know about job listings, but you might be interested in Benefit Corporations[0] or B Corporations[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation#Differences_from_traditional_corporations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation#Difference... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification)

quuquuquu 9y ago

I would suggest Angel List to at the very least narrow your search, and then manually inspect the companies that come close to what you are looking for :) You will find that they are few and far between ahah

mkrum 9y ago

Who gets to decide whats "socially/morally net positive"? Every company thinks they're "socially/morally net positive", which at best happens by accident. If you want to help people, join a non-profit, don't buy into some company's PR. Companies chase money, thats the point of a company.

dragonwriter 9y ago

> Something I've been thinking lately and may as well ask here: is there a resource for finding tech positions exclusively with socially/morally net positive organizations? Views on morality differ, and there is no universally accepted method of assessing or aggregating utility, so this is not a thing that can be done objectively. Such a thing, were it to exist, would be highly subjective. > It seems most of the tech job ads I browse through seem to be mostly companies chasing the money rather than focusing on trying to make a net positive social impact. Welcome to capitalism. That said, there are jobs at public benefit corps, charitable nonprofits, and governments, which in principle are about social benefit by some standard instead of (or in addition to, in the first case) profit.

thex10 9y ago

Hi, I don't know about job listings, but you might be interested in Benefit Corporations[0] or B Corporations[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation#Differences_from_traditional_corporations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation#Difference... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification)