```whereupon you are no longer obliged to give a shit about fashionable thinkers, network at the planet’s most boring parties, or quantify self-worth for scurrilous committees (and whereupon you are free to ignore the latest same-old controversy), for even when you know at the time that the place is toxic
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Same goes for most SW-dev houses/companies.
What's your field of research btw? And how do you manage to muster energy for it _on_top_ of a full time job?
The INFOSEC field was invented by people doing such things, they solved many root issues back in 1970's-1990's, were ignored, mainstream reinvents stuff at a trickle, and niche in CompSci and government doing high-assurance are gettimg more results than ever. I stay promoting it since our critical systems and infrastructure being bulletproof is unserved need. I also design ways to approximate it at lower cost and talent required.
And it's really draining. I just do it since it's both an interesting subject that's also a social need. Seemed like right thing to do.
What's your field of research btw? And how do you manage to muster energy for it _on_top_ of a full time job?