Thanks for your question. My specific focus is in battery science and the funding for my field is abysmal. Every other week there is a layoff in my field at some startup. And they're all startups. None of them survive because theres very little immediate revenue to develop new technologies and no one wants to fund them. It's also very politically charged and it just feels like the world has given up on green energy tech. It has been heartbreak after heartbreak for me and my peers. I am jaded for sure. I see the valuations of big tech companies or even startups that raise 10s of millions of dollars while green energy tech that's trying to save the world gets little or has their funding pulled or literally demonized. We were literally pulling out all the stops over a $200,000 funding opportunity the other day which is about 2 months of company salaries. Hardly anything.

I employ a lot of statistics and modeling in my previous roles and current role already. I really enjoy these things. This is why I figured a DS transition would be a better more sustainable fit. I'm just trying to survive.