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Startups obviously. Less obviously look for "SBIR" shops if you're ok with a little bit of weird gov contracting overhead.
by edrxty 5y ago
Startups obviously. Less obviously look for "SBIR" shops if you're ok with a little bit of weird gov contracting overhead.
- davidw 5y agoStartups don't stay small though. They're aiming to get really big or have some kind of big exit in a hurry. Some of them are a lot of fun, some stay good even as they grow, others turn into depressing places to work.
- edrxty 5y agoHonestly the biggest issue with this strategy is US capitalism isn't kind to companies that just stay small. You're not going to find a lot of places that want to remain tiny, just a lot that, as mentioned above, remain so through micromanagement. Maybe you get lucky and find a labor-of-love kinda place where someone is just trying to be really good at making one type of thing (highly niche products) but a better bet is to just find a comfy place, stay there a few years and help them get bigger, then leave and repeat.
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- davidw 5y agoI suspect that a lot of these companies just don't make a lot of noise, but quietly do their thing without being pasted all over the HN front page.
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- pinewurst 5y agoSBIR shops often pay abysmally (with bad benefits) even if the work is interesting.
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- edrxty 5y agoDepends on the shop. SBIR farms that have never commercialized a single product are terrible. Ones that have a revenue stream are fine.
- roland35 5y agoThat also involves a lot of proposal writing, which can be hard and involve some late nights! But the work can be very interesting and varied.