CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415ppm for the first time in human history
I used to work at a fitness tech startup, but then when it didn&#x27;t work out (heh), I took a step back and wondered what industry I wanted to be a part of. I wondered if a software engineer could help contribute to fighting climate change, so I started asking around.<p>I found a job in solar, then eventually started my own clean energy software company. Every day I wake up with the incredible feeling that I&#x27;m getting paid to fight climate change. If feels good, and I&#x27;d like to encourage you to consider joining the industry, too.<p>It turns out there&#x27;s a huge need for software and other tech skills (data science, sysadmin, etc.) needed for the energy transition. With the deployment of so much &quot;intermittent&quot; generation like solar and wind, we need fuck tons of software and communications infrastructure to run a new &quot;flexible&quot; grid. For example, the California ISO is using neural networks to formulate the day-ahead markets, and recently started letting aggregated demand response providers (e.g. companies who manage smart thermostats) bid into the market as distributed generators.<p>So if you&#x27;re thinking what can you to help fight climate change, the best thing you can do is get a job in the climate change fighting industry. Start googling around for jobs with climate change keywords (&quot;solar&quot;, &quot;wind&quot;, &quot;clean energy&quot;, etc.). Start showing up to clean energy events (if you live in the bay area, check out my bayareaenergyevents.com). There&#x27;s so many people in this space who came from other sectors, and it&#x27;s incredibly easy to move up or start your own company doing some specific thing you think is needed for the fight. Also, feel free to reach out to me or read my previous comments on this topic.<p>&quot;They say we won&#x27;t act until it&#x27;s too late... Luckily, it&#x27;s too late!&quot;