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One suggestion might be to just work 35 hours a week at a business you find “passable”. The other 35 hours can be dedicated to something that really makes a dif
by Top19 9y ago
One suggestion might be to just work 35 hours a week at a business you find “passable”. The other 35 hours can be dedicated to something that really makes a difference.
In fact it’s really hard to find a job that does serious good. Good agencies throughout the world are so low on funds they need volunteers, not workers for the time being.
Since you hate advertising, a not-immediately similar
path might be anti-corruption. These guys advertised for help from data scientists a while ago on HN: https://www.occrp.org/ https://www.occrp.org/
Also Open-EMR, which is a free end-end software for hospitals is also an option. By implementing this software, hospitals save immediately $1 M+ compared to systems like Center or Epic, it’s almost comical. There are lots of statistical packages, so your help could be useful there: www.opem-emr.org
- throwawaybs 9y agoI'd be up for volunteering. I'm not quite sure how to find a good group to volunteer for. Occrp looks interesting, but it looks working there involves going to Kosovo. Open-emr looks potentially interesting, but I'm not sure how much I care about hospitals being able to make more money. I'm not convinced electronic medical record are actually a good idea.
- pkalinowski 9y agoThis is the project I like, open source hospital software for poor countries: http://hospitalrun.io/ http://hospitalrun.io/ I see it that way that you can make healthcare more efficient with low risk of fraud (there is no money involved directly here).