Schmidt Futures Reviews

This is likely the greatest concentration of exceptionally smart, intellectually curious, and collaborative people I've ever worked with. Organization is dedicated to impact across a diverse array of issue areas and scaling quickly.

Schmidt Futures provides strong opportunities to build a foundation for your career. It feels like a liberal-arts education for the working world, because you are exposed to many different areas of focus and have opportunities to learn something about everything. There's plenty of flexibility to move around and try new things, which is a great feature for people early in their career who aren't sure what they want to specialize in. As well, you are exposed to amazing people in the office and in the larger Schmidt Futures network. You can get really strong on-the-job training and technical skills, and employees are asked to step out of their comfort zones on day two. There's a strong bias toward actually trying to solve problems in the world, rather than just theorizing, debating, or complaining about them. People are genuinely motived by the mentality of: Okay - this is a problem in the world; how do we make it better? This outlook is very refreshing nowadays, and has forced me to take on a problem-solvers mindset. Salary is very comfortable for people fresh out of college living in NYC.