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a related issue that i struggle with is having to choose between high paying jobs which are actively damaging the world vs being unemployed and working on open
by markrudiger 4y ago
a related issue that i struggle with is having to choose between high paying jobs which are actively damaging the world vs being unemployed and working on open source software. I have been cycling between the two over the past 5 years.
So i earn a lot of money in a short period of time doing something obviously evil, then spend a year or two living very frugally and enjoying my life.
There just doesn't seem to be an obvious middle ground where you can get paid less to work on stuff that makes you happy. I am aware that these jobs exist, but they are competitive and rare.
- scubakid 4y agoHave you explored the nonprofit space, or considered going the indie hacker route and trying to launch your own thing?
- markrudiger 4y agoI think the main issue is that the things I am good at aren't really of interest in the non profit world as far as I can tell, and when you use them to make money, they almost always are used for what I would consider to be evil.
- bergenty 4y agoThat’s a good place to be in where you have the opportunity to make that decision. Many, many people would jump at a chance to do some light, legal evil for a few years of work. To be honest, for most that choice doesn’t even exist.
- markrudiger 4y agoYeah, i am totally aware that this isn't something that most people have the opportunity to do, but it still doesn't feel right to me. I find the phases of doing evil stuff extremely taxing. They usually end when I have a mental breakdown and am forced to quit in order to save my mental health.