Research & Development, Academia. Gigs where you're paid to experiment and try things out at your pace. If you can find something super niche it can be similar.

Research & Development, Academia. Gigs where you're paid to experiment and try things out at your pace. If you can find something super niche it can be similar. Helps to be an expert in your field / very smart. If you just want to 'get something out now', join a startup. They're full of amateurs churning out terrible code at a rapid pace with no thought to the future