Supposedly Cleantech/ClimateTech is hiring a lot now[1], according to some articles I saw pop up recently. I did try to investigate Cleantech jobs last cycle,

Supposedly Cleantech/ClimateTech is hiring a lot now[1], according to some articles I saw pop up recently. I did try to investigate Cleantech jobs last cycle, back in mid 2021, and didn't have a great experience, personally. Most of the jobs posted seemed to fall into one of two buckets: 1 - Startups that "helped companies go carbon neutral", i.e. they accept money from the business, skim some off the top (for their business), and funnel it towards various clean initiatives, then send some certificate to the company showing they've offset X amount of carbon. It just doesn't seem much different than a grift to me, and there's various issues with carbon offsets that John Oliver goes into here[2]. Also regardless of whether it's a grift or not, that sounds like totally uninteresting tech to work on. 2 - Startups that bill themselves as helping companies get more efficient, i.e. help improve their logistics or make their electric grids "smart" to save energy, etc. Problem with that is that already seems like something a company wants and tries to do anyway, and while yes in the short term it does seem like that results in wasting less energy and saves resources, in the long term, it just allows the company to ramp up further and use even more energy and resources. Like two companies with the most efficient logistics in the world are Amazon and Walmart, and that just let them become even more massive. So wading thruogh all that to find more interesting Cleantech companies I found to be difficult. I did go forward with a few recruiters anyway, and at least with the companies I went forward with they were terrible at scheduling interviews and also seemed to top out at fairly low wages compared to other companies anyway (like I was seeing 120k at the top of the range for even architect roles, and I wasn't super keen on working for that little). In the end the companies that extended offers were all consulting firms, so I ended up in kind of the opposite realm anyway. But hey, clean and climate tech are apparently hiring a lot right now, so they're an option if you're worried about your job elsewhere. Also if someone is in this field and has had a different experience than I have had, please let me know. I'd like to feel like I'm helping more than hurting for the world, just haven't found anything that sorta fits my skills (primarily web and games) that seemed worthwhile. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/05/laid-off-climate-tech-is-looking-for-talent-and-founders/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/05/laid-off-climate-tech-is-l... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8zAbFKpW0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8zAbFKpW0