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• DuckDB – in-process SQL OLAP database management system

  We use DuckDB extensively where I work (https://watershed.com), the primary way we're using it is to query Parquet formatted files stored in GCS, and we have some machinery to make that doable on demand for reporting and analysis "online" queries. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

  Watershed (https://watershed.com), platform for enterprises to reduce carbon emissions. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Is climate tech the new fintech?

  Here's why I'm asking — Watershed, a new carbon accounting tool that recently raised $60m, was spun out of Stripe. Patch.io, an API-first offsets marketplace, has strong ties to Plaid. And Bend, a CO2e emissions data API that I'm working on, grew out of Abacus, an expense management app. Source: about 2 years ago

• What role can CS majors play in the fight against the climate crisis?

  Your best bet with your current skillset (assuming you're more SWE-oriented) would be to join forward-looking startups and companies in the climate space. There's plenty of startups that are in need of engineers, and it would surprise you that a lot of them are relatively well-funded (e.g. https://watershedclimate.com/, funded by Stripe founders and Kleiner Perkins). Alternatively, you can probably join as a SWE... Source: over 2 years ago

• What role can CS majors play in the fight against the climate crisis?

  There are software companies working on this already, checkout https://watershedclimate.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Ethical companies to work for?

  One of the "social enterprise" software roles I looked at that had a high impact was with Watershed, they help companies track climate emissions - arguably, accurately tracking and reporting emissions is one of the biggest problems with the climate tech space and their product seemed like it was going the right way. Worth checking out IMO. Source: over 2 years ago

• We’re software engineers working on climate solutions. Here to answer all your questions about cs careers in climate action. AMA!

  A - I think finding one specific area of focus can be helpful -- e.g. Find one specific source of the carbon footprint of the company (or advocate for using something like watershed if they have not measured it already!) and find and advocate for ways to reduce that. Here’s one example -- use the Cloud Carbon Footprint tool to understand the energy consumption and carbon emissions of cloud resources for a... Source: over 2 years ago

• [HIRING][Remote, San Francisco, California, United States] Full-stack engineer at Watershed

  Watershed is a software platform for running a world-class climate program. We measure our success in the carbon reduction achievements of our customers. We are looking for team members who love product-building, want to work hard at a mission-oriented startup, and will collaborate with us in shaping the culture of a growing team. Source: over 2 years ago