(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .



Unemployed tech workers could be critical hires in the fight against the climate crisis [1]

['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags']

Date: 2023-01-31

When one door closes, another opens. Alexander Graham Bell

Catherine Boudreau writes a very timely post in Insider on the fight against the death of the earth. The recent pink slips handed out by the technology industry could fully employ thousands of critical jobs in the climate emergency start-ups to mitigate the impacts of our climate's death spiral.

Additional good news for these workers is that salary and benefits are comparable to the primary tech industry they left.

The layoffs from tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon might be beneficial to the planet. Climate startups now have a growing talent pool to choose from, and hiring is picking up, according to recruiters, venture capitalists, and workers who already made the jump from Big Tech to climate tech. "Over the last year, people were already leaving mainstream tech to come into the climate space," Veery Maxwell, a partner at Galvanize Climate Solutions, a global investment firm focused on climate tech, told Insider. "Now it's like a fire hose has been turned on because of the layoffs. The quality of talent and ease of recruiting has been tremendous."

x Bill seems to want to try every possible ostensible climate solution except the one that counts the most, i.e. limiting fossil fuel-driven carbon emissions:https://t.co/Ic9NpnajCG — Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) January 24, 2023

Climate Draft's job listings show that companies are looking for software engineers, HR experts, sales people, as well as those in marketing and finance. Mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineers are also in demand. Several employees said the positions have salaries and benefits competitive with mainstream tech giants, though the stock options will be different at a startup that isn't public yet. Kevin Cianfarini, 27, is a senior Android developer at Octopus Energy, a renewable-energy supplier. He made the jump to a company focused on decarbonization because he became passionate about solving the climate crisis after doing some research and getting politically engaged. Cianfarini said his previous role at a fintech company didn't fulfill that mission.

Excellent summary on climate start-ups and technology.

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/31/2150265/-Unemployed-tech-workers-could-be-critical-hires-in-the-fight-against-the-climate-crisis

Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/

You are viewing proxied material from magical.fish. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.