[carabiner]

> That said, is anyone hiring an ophthalmologist with CS and Math degrees?

As someone who recently transitioned to a tech role, I'd urge you to focus on applying to companies related to your existing fields (ophthalmology, medicine, surgery, and their derivatives) who happen to be seeking SWE's, rather than general tech companies. Especially Series A, B, C startups. Look up all the companies that make your equipment or the software that you use, and go to their jobs pages. See anything that is tech or tech adjacent: swe, swe test, qa engineer, automation engineer, data engineer, anything mentioning python or javascript. The job market is the worst in 20 years and so the only companies that gave me the light of day were the ones in my previous field (energy and mechanical engineering).

[FrustratedMonky]

This. This is best advice. I can't imagine there isn't some software company that could use a doctor-SWE combo. Usually SWE struggle not knowing the subject matter they are coding about. It is the subject matter experts that they need.

[iancmceachern]

This, I work with these people all day. There are tons of medical device and medtech companies that need people with both medical and technical backgrounds.

[haldujai]

Even large corporations, Matt Lungren is a notable radiologist with a tech background and was hired at AWS and is now CMIO at Microsoft + Nuance.

[nradov]

Companies in the healthcare technology space typically prefer to hire physicians as product managers rather than engineers. There's a shortage of product managers who understand clinical workflows. Lots of job openings.