Funny story: I have worked at one of the largest non profits in my state.
What I learned was sad. In short: There's motivation to go after grants that you don't even have the resources to facilitate correctly to keep the plane flying.
This non profit was even self aware of this, which I do give them credit for.
But the sad truth was the corners they had and were willing to cut I think puts real people at real risk of harm. I had to step away I even gave 3 months advanced notice. Their response. Fire me on the spot.
I really wanted to help, but I had no way of doing so that did not also put me and my family at risk. I just was not willing to keep playing the fool.
That said I would rather work towards something tangible in this world. Too much of what we do is too ephemeral.
At one point in my life (a few years before this non prof work) I had to override the code of a coworker who committed suicide. That moment really put it in to perspective for me. I wonder if my boss even considered what it was like for that team to just code over that person's existence just like it was nothing a few days later. I refactored his legacy. Optimized it. While the boss was too worried about his exist strategy after this successful sale of this lovely start up. I even ran in to that boss a few times later in life and he would always be so impressed and also so bewildered that I knew people in his circle or that they even knew me. We really do live in alternative worlds. That said I don't think he was malicious, just naive.
What I learned was sad. In short: There's motivation to go after grants that you don't even have the resources to facilitate correctly to keep the plane flying.
This non profit was even self aware of this, which I do give them credit for. But the sad truth was the corners they had and were willing to cut I think puts real people at real risk of harm. I had to step away I even gave 3 months advanced notice. Their response. Fire me on the spot.
I really wanted to help, but I had no way of doing so that did not also put me and my family at risk. I just was not willing to keep playing the fool.
That said I would rather work towards something tangible in this world. Too much of what we do is too ephemeral.
At one point in my life (a few years before this non prof work) I had to override the code of a coworker who committed suicide. That moment really put it in to perspective for me. I wonder if my boss even considered what it was like for that team to just code over that person's existence just like it was nothing a few days later. I refactored his legacy. Optimized it. While the boss was too worried about his exist strategy after this successful sale of this lovely start up. I even ran in to that boss a few times later in life and he would always be so impressed and also so bewildered that I knew people in his circle or that they even knew me. We really do live in alternative worlds. That said I don't think he was malicious, just naive.