Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist
I've been having the same existential crisis for a couple years now.  I started working at a FAANG company right out of college, then after a bunch of personal health problems ended up taking a leave of absence that I didn't return from.<p>I took a long break from software and started learning politics, philosophy, and history, and eventually came to the conclusion that most of the world's problems are social/political and won't be fixed by technology.<p>And in many ways, the type of work we do directly cause harm to people.  (Unfortunately, with the long gap in my career I need to build up work experience before switching to anything else)<p>How can I continue to work at a corporation that directly causes wealth inequality?  Sure, I might personally enjoy working on math and software related problems.  But why is my own intellectual curiosity more important than whether someone else gets to eat?<p>I don't want to just donate to charities, I want to end systemic problems that lead to charities needing to exist in the first place.