Woah there, calm down. I never said that you shouldn't or can't socialize or put on a pile of TV shows, etc. That'd be ridiculous and unhealthy. Hell, before wr

Woah there, calm down. I never said that you shouldn't or can't socialize or put on a pile of TV shows, etc. That'd be ridiculous and unhealthy. Hell, before writing this post, I was playing XCOM 2 :). I'm merely suggesting that techies like us have a much better financial situation than a vast majority of the public, so we have financial flexibility to spare. Some things you could do: -Go to a local weekly meetup. Four hours a week. -Move your career towards non-profits. It's now your profession. -Teach programming to small classes. Eight hours a week. -Find a local advocacy group and make small contributions. Couple hours a week. If you can't do that sort of volunteer work, then that's on you. No need to be so sour and uncharitable to those of us who try.