Who's hiring that's impactful, doesn't suck, and isn't morally bankrupt?

I look at IT (i.e. computers+networks+software) through a different lens. Obviously at the risk of oversimplifying by over-generalizing.

On the one hand we have listed companies which are operated to maximize shareholder value on 90 day rolling basis. Financial shenanigans are more lucrative than capital intensive investments, e.g. factories, infrastructure, etc, which take years if not decades to yield return on investment. For the most part these companies can afford to pay well.

On the other hand we have the unlisted, SME sector. These the folks are making, fixing, growing, providing real/tangible/necessary stuff. Their profits are slim and they generally run any IT on a shoestring budget.

Perhaps you could look at the latter sector. The challenge being the trade-off between high salary or high moral value.

Gitlab?

0/3 is the mode and median

Join or found a queer/extremist/worker owned/open source commune, and fight for anti-capitalist revolution. There are lots of codes that we need to destroy corporations and states. And they won't write themselves!

Don't expect states and companies to pay you to build the codes that will disempower them - build those in groups working to create new forms of worker owned power.

Don't expect to earn a lot. And accept the risk of ending up in political prison if a powerful regime criminalizes your contributions.

Have fun!

Depends -- do you need to get paid? No shortage of work to be done for non-profits, small orgs, local governments, etc.

Can always be a carpenter.