I think this happens with experience - I’ve recently done the same after spending years chasing languages to work in
I good place to start looking:
Re:Leaving Haskell Behind
by ParetoOptimal on Thursday August 24, 2023 @02:44PM
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In my experience the organizations that claim to have social utility fail at it and don't pay well.
Language stacks are much easier to fact check.
You don't have to listen to orgs to make your opinion.
There are plenty of orgs that obviously produce a vital service for society, and they are usually starved of good IT people: health care, social services, logistics, electricity production & distribution, industry, agriculture, emergency responders, etc.
> and don't pay well.
:(
Well, the comp is still high enough to live a comfortable life, I just won't be able to bankroll a political party in the near future.
I wish more people did that.