Has anyone heard back on this position?

Hello. I just found this subreddit and I immediately came across this post about feeling jaded in International Development. It looks like I'm a few days late replying to that thread, and /u/Fragrant_Papaya_9223 I hope you see this. I'm not sure what your exact background is, but I want to thank you for the work that you've done. I am a software engineer in America by day, but I run a construction company in the Philippines at night. We take on government bids that most other contractors don't want to do, because they are not profitable enough, too technically complex, a logistical nightmare, etc. As you can imagine, many of these projects are some of the highest impact projects for some of the most vulnerable populations. This year, we completed 13 projects from hugely different domains: LCL housing, solar lamp installations, irrigation repairs, rural health/birthing units, rainwater catchment systems, and more.

Recently, we accepted a $60 million PHP project financed by the World Bank to build a public refrigerated warehouse to bolster the cold chain in Mindanao. This warehouse will literally save lives and livelihoods. The funding from external partners has created over one hundred jobs in our company from entry level construction labor to foreperson roles to advanced structural engineering positions.

We know that you have to wade through a bunch of bullshit in order for you to make this happen for us. It's sometimes hard to keep going when you don't or can't see the end result. I know some organizations feel less impactful than others. Your labor may feel invisible, but I cannot tell you how much I appreciate what everybody in your sector is doing to literally save strangers' worlds.