Jeff Schmidt's book Disciplined Minds discusses how to survive graduate education while keeping your original identity and ethics roughly intact. The book has s

Jeff Schmidt's book Disciplined Minds discusses how to survive graduate education while keeping your original identity and ethics roughly intact. The book has some advice for how to operate as an activist in a professional role within an organisation, where your goals are quite different to the org's goals. Not quite what you're looking for, but a pretty interesting read: http://disciplinedminds.tripod.com/ http://disciplinedminds.tripod.com/ another angle: ignore the developer aspect specifically and get involved with civil disobedience to aid existing groups that you wish to support, and gain experience on how to operate.