This is something I’ve battled with personally quite a bit. In my current role I’m sure I don’t do the world harm, but I’d like to provide more benefit. I’ve dabbled with contributing to open source as well as volunteering my time as a developer with non profits. I find both of these to be rewarding, but not sustainable as a source of income. Instead I’m not trying to work on larger projects at work which benefit multiple teams. Personally I find this kind of larger impact work to be the most rewarding and if I can convince my company to open source any part of this then my contribution can have even greater impact.
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