moving on
For a number of reasons, some business-related and some personal, the members of HeadLamp Research have decided not to continue pursuing our goals as a company right now. While I wish we could have achieved even more, I am very proud of our accomplishments so far. I also feel like moving on is the right decision given the circumstances, and I'm looking forward to what comes next.
I am hopeful that perhaps we can get some grad student(s) or other folks interested in helping to add to and maintain the tools we built for future use. It would feel really rewarding if I could have contributed a useful tool to academic and medical researchers in particular, as was my original goal. But there are some obstacles along the path, and we'll have to see what makes sense. Whether or not we manage to get someone to continue where we left off, we did accomplish a fantastic amount -- all of our stated goals and more -- during the NSF grant period, and I'm amazed at all we've learned and done. I also feel really great about my own role in the company and the experience I gained.
At the moment, I'm starting the search for other jobs. I'm looking for positions in the Bay Area, primarily in either product management or applied research. I'm interested in jobs that help directly shape products or answer questions about directions that products should go in. My specific background and interests are largely in crowdsourcing/surveys/online research methods, and/or psychology and language (language learning, semantics). I've so far been looking at job listings at a bunch of the local tech industry giants, but also a few research institutes and larger startups. If you have suggestions for positions that might be a good fit for me, I'd love to hear them.
I am hopeful that perhaps we can get some grad student(s) or other folks interested in helping to add to and maintain the tools we built for future use. It would feel really rewarding if I could have contributed a useful tool to academic and medical researchers in particular, as was my original goal. But there are some obstacles along the path, and we'll have to see what makes sense. Whether or not we manage to get someone to continue where we left off, we did accomplish a fantastic amount -- all of our stated goals and more -- during the NSF grant period, and I'm amazed at all we've learned and done. I also feel really great about my own role in the company and the experience I gained.
At the moment, I'm starting the search for other jobs. I'm looking for positions in the Bay Area, primarily in either product management or applied research. I'm interested in jobs that help directly shape products or answer questions about directions that products should go in. My specific background and interests are largely in crowdsourcing/surveys/online research methods, and/or psychology and language (language learning, semantics). I've so far been looking at job listings at a bunch of the local tech industry giants, but also a few research institutes and larger startups. If you have suggestions for positions that might be a good fit for me, I'd love to hear them.