I've been in some nonprofits and in a university. They had good and bad points like anything else. They were different from working in industry. Also was in

I've been in some nonprofits and in a university. They had good and bad points like anything else. They were different from working in industry. Also was in a corporate research lab for a while. That was also different than being in a place that actually worked on products. I got something out of it on each occasion, but it depends on what you're looking for at any given point in your life.