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Apply at companies that are really big, really old, and are pretty bland. Like insurance, banks, retail. Basically apply to everything in the Fortune 500
by spencerchubb 2y ago
Apply at companies that are really big, really old, and are pretty bland. Like insurance, banks, retail. Basically apply to everything in the Fortune 500
- ChumpGPT 2y agoThis....
- giraffe_lady 2y agoYes get a job outside of "tech." Every company has a website, most of them have dev teams for them. Some of my happiest friends have got jobs doing web dev for companies whose products they use because of hobbies: sailing, climbing, kitchen equipment etc. These are often less competitive than startup or tech companies too. By some measures the work can be less exciting but it varies quite a bit so don't judge in advance. Also it will be in support of things people actually want and use and are willing to pay money for, in sharp contrast to tech industry adware and VC rent seeking.
- gonzo41 2y agoThis is great advice and i think in some ways, if you land a job with a big bank that's old with a massive legacy ecosystem, you learn a lot more about support, change management and actually delivering in adverse conditions.
- goatking 2y agoMy 2 problems with these jobs are that first, they 99% not remote, and second, the pay is half of what I get in the "tech" field.
- bongwater_OS 2y agoAll of my friends who work remote for these companies do like 45min of work per day; this is the answer
- gaws 2y agoThe rest of the time they're sitting in camera-on meetings. No, thanks.
- darkmarmot 2y agoSo true! I have a tech job at a Fortune 100 building unique and interesting distributed systems in Elixir and get to work on open source libraries through the company. You won't make as much $$$, but you can potentially work on more interesting projects that overlap specific domains.