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I've worked in tech for most of my career.
You got me thinking about what I look for in an employer:
1. How the organization treats people, e.g. prospects for growth vs. layoffs, if it uses an outsourced automated applicant tracking system (ATS, always bad), and--in a worst case--collusion against workers (see link)
2. How well I get along with my boss (current or prospective)
3. How interesting I find the work
I'm also amused by your use of the term "conventional tech". I think my third criteria has helped me to avoid much of the conventional...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation
(edit: added ATS)
@johnlogic@sfba.socialThinking more about what traits I find undesirable in potential employers, I found delight in this short thread: "Why does NVIDIA still use workday for job application?"
(Workday is a horrible gatekeeper that requires far longer than the claimed "2 minutes" to submit an application. Every thoughtless and clearly-automated rejection tells me that the employer doesn't care, and that I've wasted my time applying; I infer that they're automated because the system sends rejections via email in the middle of the night, about 6-8 hours after I apply for jobs I think I'm a good fit for. Conversely, an internal referral--handled through the same infernal system--got more than 2 weeks of consideration.)
https://www.teamblind.com/post/Why-does-NVIDIA-still-use-workday-for-job-application-D3SiN6MJ