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I work in Emergency Services telecommunications. It is by far the most fulfilling role I've ever worked in during the last 20 years of my career, and I have wor

I work in Emergency Services telecommunications. It is by far the most fulfilling role I've ever worked in during the last 20 years of my career, and I have worked in gambling, banking, managed hosting industries amongst many other things. It's by nature a rather conservative environment, but that's one of its strengths - less continual churn, and getting to make focussed changes that improve performance and reliability, which in turn contributes to helping first responders save lives. One of the best parts has been able to integrate the best aspects (IMHO) of what you'd call "agile" and "devops", without having to include the whole box and dice of bureaucracy and gesturing/posturing that comes with that. Another has been working in an environment that is not "just" about making money, but also has an impact on people's lives. I've never been happier with my job in my life.

ThalesX 4y ago
I’ve helped build an EMS that got deployed to 3 countries. This was early in my career. It’s been downhill from there, in terms of fulfillment and uphill in terms of money. This makes me profoundly dislike my choices. I keep lying to myself that once I make a decent amount of money I will go back to lower wages and more fulfilling work.
- nineteen999 4y ago
  Interesting - the platform I work on pays far more than any other role I've had before, and far more than the majority of other non-executive tech roles in my country. So it's uphill in terms of fulfillment and money from my point of view. I've mentioned to recruiters recently that the job satisfaction is easily worth another $30K or more to me. It would take a lot to move me from my current role. But I recognise that I have gotten extremely lucky.