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Small-scale manufacturing is another good spot. I spent some years doing consulting work with a steel processing company. "Boring" tech, but interesting probl
by bmj 4y ago
Small-scale manufacturing is another good spot. I spent some years doing consulting work with a steel processing company. "Boring" tech, but interesting problems to be solved.
- seanw444 4y agoThis is it. Currently at a local manufacturing company, and their in-house software runs mostly open-source stuff. No major proprietary headache to deal with, it's not a tech company so I'm not dealing with the obnoxious meetings and calls; and since the software I maintain is internal, I don't have to deal with angry customers. Coworkers let me know if something needs to be better, and I make it so. Simple. I would recommend anybody this approach.
- mschuster91 4y agoFor that you need a small/medium business where the owners realize that IT is fundamental to their business even if it does not appear to be so... and the amount of people open-minded enough to admit that is not exactly large. Rule of thumb for Germans, if they write a fax phone number on the imprint or the website looks 90s style... don't waste your time, skip them.
- fudged71 4y agoYou’re also likely solving very tangible point problems. Dreamy
- RyanGoosling 4y agoThanks for the advice. I had an internship at medium-sized manufacturer in California, above SF a bit. Was really cool to be next to a bunch of CNC machines while writing some code. I think I’ll try to find that vibe again sometime.
- zikduruqe 4y agoHow close to Sebastopol? I went to visit out there and kinda dig the area.
- RyanGoosling 4y agoVery