Many research projects, at universities and research centres, need talented, creative programmers to work on computer software that support some research projec

Many research projects, at universities and research centres, need talented, creative programmers to work on computer software that support some research project. For example, there is a lot of very high impact computational work being done in genomics research, astrophysics, etc. You do not need an advanced degree to work in technical support roles. I would imagine that the programmer who works on the analysis of protein synthesis that in turn provides a cancer cure would get a buzz out of their contribution.