> In the end my work just makes someone else richer, it doesn't have any meaning.

This is something I struggle with a lot. I left companies before, because the job felt meaningless and making some rich guy richer doesn't sound meaningful to me. I am trying to come up with a business idea I can work on on the side, that actually is supposed to make the world a better place, but I am struggling to find anything I have enough experience in to pursue.

I am leaning towards activism now, because that is probably the most achievable thing to do for me. Just building info sites nobody reads, trying to make non tech people aware about how Amazon, Google and so on makes life worse for everyone. Or how anti privacy laws are probably a bad idea.

But that does not feel fruitful either. My everyday life is consumed by the desire of having some kind of impact, making the world better.

> But that does not feel fruitful either. My everyday life is consumed by the desire of having some kind of impact, making the world better.

It nearly impossible to achieve substantial change alone. The key is to be organized with others, to find a community.

Now, I don't mean joining a political party, especially not at first. That can be important work but also very soul crushing

I am talking grassroots-level, local groups that work on a concrete topic, preferable something that concerns you personally. It is important to get into doing things as quickly as possible, be it organizing a small protest or maybe just a get together.

With this you will gain practically experience and you will find other people that share your goals and with whom you will struggle together.

Now, for the long term, you will also need to actually read political theory, you will have to get organized with people that have a more concrete strategy on how to create change but I generally would urge you to avoid analysis paralysis and focus on gaining practical experience first.

Building community is really the key.

> trying to make non tech people aware about how Amazon, Google and so on makes life worse for everyone. Or how anti privacy laws are probably a bad idea.

I think a majority of people already know this, that's why it feels fruitless. Also more negativity ("these companies are bad because of x, y, z") will also make you feel negative.

Why not make those sites, talk to those non-techy people, but provide _some_ form of thing they can do to make an impact in a tangible way, not just "don't use amazon", links to sites that put together local info for small areas, catagories of smaller online sites that you can use instead of amazon or something.

> My everyday life is consumed by the desire of having some kind of impact, making the world better.

Do you have something tangible you can look back on that you did last week that helped achieve this vision? If not, what small thing can you do this week?