Spent basically 19 years doing enterprise software dev for your typical slew of companies: logistics, banking, fintech, retail, etc. After a particularly unpleasant startup experience, decided that 1) recruiters are BS and 2) I wanted to work on research related problems, because they were probably the most technically and intellectually challenging. Spent 2-3 months really looking for a job, and found a hidden gem. I earn basically 80% of what I earned 6 years ago and probably something like 70% of what I could be be earning elsewhere. My salary will grow very slowly compared to elsewhere.
The work and people are amazing. I learned more in 1 year then the last 10 and just really like my work. The pace and culture is levels orders nicer than the corporate or startup world.
Making a pivot to working on research-adjacent software instead of corporate software has been in the back of my mind over the past couple of years. Do you mind sharing a bit on how you went about your search and found your current job?
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Spent basically 19 years doing enterprise software dev for your typical slew of companies: logistics, banking, fintech, retail, etc. After a particularly unpleasant startup experience, decided that 1) recruiters are BS and 2) I wanted to work on research related problems, because they were probably the most technically and intellectually challenging. Spent 2-3 months really looking for a job, and found a hidden gem. I earn basically 80% of what I earned 6 years ago and probably something like 70% of what I could be be earning elsewhere. My salary will grow very slowly compared to elsewhere.
The work and people are amazing. I learned more in 1 year then the last 10 and just really like my work. The pace and culture is levels orders nicer than the corporate or startup world.
Making a pivot to working on research-adjacent software instead of corporate software has been in the back of my mind over the past couple of years. Do you mind sharing a bit on how you went about your search and found your current job?