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Re:Ask HN: Who Here Is Working to Fix the Environment? by chriswarbo on Thursday July 04, 2019 @11:53AM (#20355572)
> My long-term goal is to figure out how to do this full-time.

It would be good to know if you come across any advice for this (e.g. specialised job boards, etc.)

So far I've managed to avoid jobs I consider to be less ethical (e.g. developing proprietary software, high frequency trading, etc.)

Now I'm wondering how I can do something that's a net positive, rather than just keeping the cogs turning in some indifferent corporate machine...

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Re:Ask HN: Who Here Is Working to Fix the Environment? by ForHackernews on Thursday July 04, 2019 @01:21PM (#20356227)
80,000 Hours has a job board for "high impact" jobs here: https://80000hours.org/job-board/

I might take issue with some of what they consider high-impact (e.g. imagining how many friendly AGIs can dance in a pin-sized server) but it's a place to start at least.

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Re:Ask HN: Who Here Is Working to Fix the Environment? by shylands on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:49AM (#20360638)
There are several job boards. I'm trying to figure out how to do it for my own projects.

The most obvious way is to think of an idea that helps fight climate change but also makes money (easier said than done).

Also been considering if there is the potential to gain suppose on Patreon or similar from the community for working on climate action projects like some open-source developers do.

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Re:Ask HN: Who Here Is Working to Fix the Environment? by ForHackernews on Saturday July 06, 2019 @06:43AM (#20368997)
Oasis LMF is an open-source climate risk modelling framework funded by the insurance industry: https://oasislmf.org/

You could try to contribute to that or get hired to work on that project or something similar.

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Re:Ask HN: Who Here Is Working to Fix the Environment? by bilifuduo on Saturday July 06, 2019 @10:52AM (#20369955)
We're building a jobs board for this right now at https://www.splashwithdolphin.com. About to release a beta soon, sign up to stay updated if you're interested :)
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