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Random internet browsing! I have a previous interest in astronomy and I stumbled upon our website, which had a jobs page. They were looking for someone with Dja
by WD-42 9y ago
Random internet browsing! I have a previous interest in astronomy and I stumbled upon our website, which had a jobs page. They were looking for someone with Django experience.
The field has an increasingly large demand for people with software engineering experience due to the complexity of modern observatories, instrumentation and data analysis. It's only going to grow from here. The problem is competing with SV, which tends to be a black hole for talented software engineers.
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- chrshawkes 9y agowhat is SV?
- blueish 9y agoSilicon Valley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley)
- thecrazyone 9y agoJust curious, do you mean that SV's a dead end for talented software engineers? or just that it tracts most of them?
- kamaal 9y agoI think the meaning implied is in terms of quality of work. Even the best Silicon Valley company you might join, the big ones that pay well, will largely have you parsing xmls or other mundane programming ritual done and demonstrated to death. Controlling telescopes, photographing once in a billion year astronomical events obviously has its coolness factor associated with it.
- WD-42 9y agoIt tracts most of them. We can't really compete on the salary, benefits or programmer community/culture that is available in the bay area. You also are unlike to get rich in an industry that relies mostly on grants. What we do offer is meaningful work. The upside is we attract more motivated, idealistic people that tend to produce amazing work.