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Or, you could have side projects that improve people's lives. I have built software that helps developers build accessible websites, software for adding subtitling to videos and software to help memory institutions archive political debate in social media.
You can get started right now.
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I have similar feelings where I really don't do good things at my programming day job.
I see a lot of the evils of the world as systemic issues caused by capitalism and globalization. I've been chipping away at the seed of an alternative system https://opensocialism.com
Wanna help? :)
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You could work as a software developer in the public sector. There is a desperate need in many countries to improve digital services for citizens. Or, you could have side projects that improve people's lives. I have built software that helps developers build accessible websites, software for adding subtitling to videos and software to help memory institutions archive political debate in social media. You can get star…
You don't just show up there all like "if we rewrote this portal in react with all these patterns here (which are really cool, I promise) things would be better for the citizens" and then do just that.
tl;dr if you want to improve the state of public sector software, you're better off entering the domain as a politician rather than software developer.
More here: https://18f.gsa.gov/