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<h2>Work</h2>
<p>
    I am open to new opportunities for work, and currently actively looking.
    If you have something that you think that I can contribute to then please <a href="/contact">reach out</a>.
    Here is my <a href="/resume">resume</a>.
</p>
<p>
    I have some musts, and some nice to haves about work.
    A compensation of at least $130k CAD (~95k USD) that fits the must haves.
    I am willing to forgo some compensation to get some of the nice to haves. 
    That is something to discuss and come to an agreement on.
</p>

<h3>Must Have/Must Not Have</h3>
<ul>
    <li>
        Decent benefits.
        Health, dental, RRSP match, the standard stuff.
    </li>
    <li>
        I am not interested in working on cryptocurrency projects. 
        Cryptography in general and security certainly but not cryptocurrencies.
    </li>
    <li>
        I am not interested in working in or with <a href="/ai">generative AI</a>.
        More classical predictive/pattern recognition projects I would be very interested in.
    </li>
    <li>
        Freedom to work on my own projects outside of work.
        Development for people in my community (for pay if that is what we decide).
        Make and sell things that I may make.
    </li>
    <li>
        No MAANG companies.
        I have been at Amazon nearly 3 years now and I am looking for a different sort of challenge.
        All of the large tech companies seem very similar from what I can see so I am looking for something different.
    </li>
</ul>

<h3>Nice to haves</h3>
<ul>
    <li>
        Working on open source software.
        It is important to me that I be able to share the work that I do.
    </li>
    <li>
        Less than standard work week.
        I do enjoy doing a wide variety of things, and a 4 day workweek would be wonderful to free up more time for learning and other projects.
    </li>
    <li>
        Non Java tech stack.
        Have worked primarily in Java for the last 3 years and have discovered that it does not fit that well with how I like to program.
        Would ideally like to work in a language that I enjoy working with and am always interested in learning something new.
    </li>
    <li>
        Remote or hybrid work.
        This greatly widens the area of possible employers as I am currently based in Toronto.
    </li>
    <li>
        Work where I get to as directly as possible help people.
        Some of the most fulfillment that I get from working is helping someone directly with a problem.
        Being able to directly interact with users of the product that I work on is important to me.
    </li>
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