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"It's not a principle if it doesn't cost you anything"

Also just curious about your deeply held principles in general.

No political grandstanding please.

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[–] Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I'm having a hard time finding a job that aligns with my ethics. I was a software developer, and it seems that everything that's hiring right now is stuff that would make me feel like garbage.

I considered taking a job as a help desk for an advertising library. I figure I could do a really bad job of it, and take a big chunk of my salary to donate to adblockers.

I earn about 30% of what I did five years ago, and prices have only gone up. I'll probably become homeless if things continue, that's pretty darn inconvenient.

I just want to make dumb little video games to feed my family, but I'm too burnt out from my soul crushing minimum wage job to make dinner.

[–] sparkles@piefed.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

Maybe look into working for a school system/university?

Look into space/aerospace/embedded. They still pay well and you get to write software for cool shit.