Working as a Software Engineer in Nonprofit Organizations

I definitely agree on the mission alignment and strong ethical orientation of non-profit work being a big motivator. I've worked for MITRE, a non-profit that runs Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (you might remember us from such projects as the CVE system and the ATT&CK framework) for more than 9 years, and I'm still happy to be here!

It's a different environment from most non-profits with MITRE, in part because we're big and funded directly by the federal government under the unique FFRDC arrangement (which functions differently from things like federal grants). But the idea of being mission-oriented and getting to solve problems to make people's lives better is still a big component!