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Ask Slashdot: Who's the Doctors Without Borders of Technology?
danspalding writes I'm transitioning into full time tech work after 10 years in education. To that end, after years of tooling around with command line and vim, I'm starting a programming bootcamp in early December. I used to think I wanted to go into ed tech. But the more I think about it, the more I just want to contribute to the most important work I can using my new skills — mostly JavaScript (with a strong interest in graph databases). Ideally an organization that does bold, direct humanitarian work for the people who need it most. So where should I apply to work when I finish bootcamp next March? Who's the MSF of the tech world?
I think you might be going about this backwards - find a group who's goals, methods and timelines interest you. Poke around, see if they can use whatever tech skills you have. It probably will be a non tech group - they're the ones that never can get enough money or expertise for everything. Join them and help out. Depending on your interest, skills, time and their needs, you might end up working with several such organizations.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
You're right that I'm looking for a career. Having said that, a non-profit job would be fine. (as long as it paid a living wage for the bay area) (I know)
In other words, forget it.
""The CS degree for the 21st century" So you're going to Hackreactor for training? BwahHaHaHa ...
Become a Software Engineer.
You’ll begin Hack Reactor with a feeling of excitement and anticipation. Twelve weeks later, you’ll follow the footsteps of our trailblazing alumni, taking the methodologies and best practices you perfected at our coding bootcamp to your next job. We’ve built world class software engineering curriculum and programming courses. However, Hack Reactor is, above all else, a world-class learning environment.
Total Tuition
$17,780
There are three types of lies:
1. Lies others tell you
2. Lies you tell others,
3. Lies you tell yourself.
You've been conned (#1). Time to stop conning yourself (#3).
No, you cannot become a "software engineer" in 12 weeks. You'll just be another webmonkey.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Someone who isn't a programmer, but is taking a 12-week bootcamp to become a "software engineer" by learning javascript is not going to be setting up internet and cellphone infrastructure. At least not WORKING internet and cellphone structure.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Doctors Without Borders risk their lives giving medical aid to people that are in such dire conditions that "normal" medical people can't or won't work there anymore. They do it without asking the people they treat for any compensation.
How would you put the ability to write JavaScript anywhere in the same ball park? If you want to help out in any way, learn a medical skill and go out in the field with MSF. Don't ride on those heroes names in your arm chair with your covert job seeking advertisement. While you may want to do good, JavaScript can be written anywhere on the planet and used elsewhere. Stopping some four year old kid from bleeding to death because they just got shelled with a "barrel bomb" dropped from a helicopter can't.
This may seem a bit harsh, but my girlfriend works for MSF. She left last Friday to go on a "field trip".
I was promised a flying car. Where is my flying car?