I switched from software generally to software for energy. I had a software job and my friends were always making fun of me for working for "the man", i.e. bank

I switched from software generally to software for energy. I had a software job and my friends were always making fun of me for working for "the man", i.e. banks and large consumer product companies (Coke, McDonalds, etc.). So I sat down and looked at all the major industries that seemed to help people and that I could have an impact in as a software engineer. I figured I'd try energy first, since climate change was probably the worst thing happening at the time, and I took a 1 year contract to build an app for utilities. 6 years later I'm still working on it, training another generation of engineers. So hey, it worked out. The nice thing about work skills is that they're frequently portable. So if I had to go back in time and give advice to old me I'd say: don't worry, just work in some industries where you think you can do things that are important to you. And while you do that you'll be building your skillset. For me, it was my software skillset, but I've also learned some stuff on raising funding, event planning, budgeting, accounting, hiring. It also doesn't hurt to save money. Good luck! Have fun!