Permanently Deleted

  • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
    ·
    4 years ago

    It sucks bc I am pursuing CS and that's the "goal" but not actually bc I'm a STEM major with morals and so I have cut myself out of a lot of potential opportunities (even if they are somewhat unlikely) bc I would feel like a POS if I worked at any of those places

      • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
        ·
        4 years ago

        My real goal is roblox, which surprisingly pays better than FAANG. by like a lot . Other STEM fields are a lot more bleak. Aerospace basically guarantees you're building missiles. MechE means some defense company (luckily my dad is mechE and didn't end up that path). It sucks that the money is in defense companies

          • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
            ·
            4 years ago

            Not that surprising then the US spends as much as it does on its military

            That's a good point

            Also the whole Roblox thing, wtf???? Interns make close to $60/hr

            • crime [she/her, any]
              ·
              4 years ago

              ~looking at the r/politics megathread was a mistake~

              edit: I got confused and replied to something in the wrong thread. I do still stand by the above statement though

                • crime [she/her, any]
                  ·
                  4 years ago

                  edit: I am big dumb and replied to comments in the wrong thread

                    • crime [she/her, any]
                      ·
                      4 years ago

                      oh wait shit I thought this was in response to a different comment I posted, serves me right for confidently replying out of the inbox

                      if you click on a job (like this one) they have a Voluntary Self Identification of Disabilities form that says

                      We are a federal contractor or subcontractor required by law to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We are also required to measure our progress toward having at least 7% of our workforce be individuals with disabilities. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had a disability. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we ask all of our employees to update their information at least every five years.

                      • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
                        ·
                        4 years ago

                        damn, but wait 7%, what's considered a disability? bc that may work to my advantage, need to find out what they do with the govt first

                        • crime [she/her, any]
                          ·
                          4 years ago

                          They have a partial list there:

                          Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

                          Autism Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, or HIV/AIDS Blind or low vision Cancer Cardiovascular or heart disease Celiac disease Cerebral palsy Deaf or hard of hearing Depression or anxiety Diabetes Epilepsy Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, or irritable bowel syndrome Intellectual disability Missing limbs or partially missing limbs Nervous system condition for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, or Multiple sclerosis (MS) Psychiatric condition, for example, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, or major depression

      • fart [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        i'm in the same boat, but i'm also studying (actually finished a degree) in earth sciences and geography so hopefully i can end up doing something better. I know someone that literally went to work for raytheon and others for banks and shit and damn no way could i do that

      • crime [she/her, any]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Same boat, even if it's a little limiting there's so much value in not hating yourself for building evil things or building neutral things for companies who are going to use it for evil.

        I got a cold recruiting email from palantir once :agony: so at least I know my opsec is okay

    • Yun [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      I mean a lot of the big tech companies have teams that work on open source projects that I wouldn't mind joining. Also especially for juniors, the big salaries and above average engineering practices will be useful in the future like if you want to start/join a worker coop for example.

    • DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]
      ·
      4 years ago

      The same with me, a lot of people with my kind of degree end up working for intelligence agencies. When i said i could/would never work for them, i was looked at real funny.