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...Unless it's advetising. Or Uber. Or government wanting you to implement yet another freedom-restricting bullshit.
Ummmmmm but Uber made the world a better place? (for me anyway)
Work as a programmer for whoever will pay you the most. Invest, and donate money to causes you care about.
...Unless it's advetising. Or Uber. Or government wanting you to implement yet another freedom-restricting bullshit.
It's not glamorous, but if you're willing to volunteer your time helping with an org's Wordpress site or making sure everyone is educated about phishing and 2FA, you can make a meaningful impact in your community.
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...Unless it's advetising. Or Uber. Or government wanting you to implement yet another freedom-restricting bullshit.
Ummmmmm but Uber made the world a better place? (for me anyway)
This is almost certainly the wrong place to ask this question, unfortunately. The HN demographic is spectacularly disinterested in the well-being of humanity. Try /r/socialistprogrammers or /r/anarcho_hackers on Reddit.
> The HN demographic is spectacularly disinterested in the well-being of humanity. Wait, what?
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> Or Uber. There are plenty of companies 10x worse than Uber. Hivemind.
That there are worse companies than Uber doesn't make Uber good, or even worth working for.
You don't. The idea you can _do anything_ to _help_. Is mostly a myth people repeat so they don't constantly feel like shit for doing nothing in the face of mass social injustice by which they are (partially) the benefactors. If you want social change, you need social action. Anything short is just rationalizing your guilt.
Disaster Management Software EMS Software Assistance software for the blind,deaf,etc.
Of course, not everything becomes magically better from software's involvement. There might be some good opportunities in robotics, robotic medical care and elderly care especially come to mind.
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> The HN demographic is spectacularly disinterested in the well-being of humanity. Wait, what?
It's crudely phrased, but the quantity of posts which show up in opposition to anything that helps society at large at the cost of profits is remarkably high, and getting higher as time goes on. All anecdotal, of course.
My guess is that parent sees comments that recommend a different means to the same end we all generally believe in, and views those as disregard for humans.
I myself, work mainly on projects related to museums, culture, green economy... In the projects I accept I try to find a balance between money I can get and how I view it as work for the greater good. A very hard balance and a very subjective one.
Also have some friends that are a lot into open data which is also an interesting area to explore.