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Ask HN: Where would you be most excited to work?
(throwaway to reduce bias, to avoid possible current-employer-panic, and to blow my own horn without tying myself to being a douchebag...)
I'm looking for a change. My family and I are willing to move.
I've got a Math/CS degree from a well-known university, and I've been programming professionally for between 10-15 years depending on your definition. I'm confident in my current skill set, and in my continuing ability to acquire required skills.
I've made a list of places that I'll soon be applying to, but I'm wondering if I'm thinking too small.
So, my blue-sky question: What's your best case? If you could have a job offer tomorrow, anywhere, where would you go?
- vyrotek 16y agoMicrosoft Research in Redmond
- seltzered 16y agoMy problem with Microsoft Research is that it seems like you would work in a vacuum. I like making things people can easily decide whether they're good too, not deal with marketing dept. red tape to deliver. When I think Microsoft Research I think amazing things poorly marketed and embraced by microsoft. Example: Making a collage in MS Gallery Live is a "microsoft research" add-on you have to go to a separate website to buy. There's a video from the former head of Apple's Advanced Technology Group that discusses the problem.
- wallflower 16y agoPixar
- streblo 16y agoIndustrial Light and Magic
- Locke1689 16y agoApple.
- scottkrager 16y agoWhy not look at creating your own job? You sound talented, and with that much job experience you should have some savings.
- throwaway_oct13 16y agoAs in startup? Thanks for the suggestion. I did sort of try that a few years back, but it appeared that I would need to spend a majority of time doing marketing, which doesn't really appeal to me.
- seltzered 16y agoHonestly, for the areas I'm heavily interested in, Notion Ink, or some type of Cradle-2-Cradle focused design/manufacturing company.
- nl 16y agoI saw Space-X was hiring in the last "Who's Hiring" thread here. Working on fricking spaceships would be cool.
- throwaway_oct13 16y agoAh, that's a good idea. Thanks!
- Dav3xor 16y agoSo is Scaled, and who wouldn't want to work with Burt Rutan?
- deleted 16y ago[deleted]
- revorad 16y agoAiming too low? Try SIAI - http://singinst.org/ http://singinst.org/
- mrlyc 16y agoHoneywell Aerospace, doing avionics. I got hooked on safety-critical work when I did some air traffic control software for Lockheed Martin. You might need five to ten years more experience but it's worth a try.