It occurred to me today that the social value of the open-source work I do in my free time has probably been an order of magnitude more useful to the world than everything I've ever done as a paid employee. Needing to seek a wage almost certainly makes me a less productive member of society than I would otherwise be.

The number of boosts this is getting implies that a lot of folk feel similar, and that's sad.

@jsbarretto I worked in a store, and my main purpose was to grab items at the bottom of shelves and put them in front.
One day, while I visited another store, I noticed the shelves were tilted so that if you take a product, the rest slides ahead.
My job was replaced by tilted shelves.
I quit and went back to volunteering.

@belore @jsbarretto Wait, but where did you get your income from after quitting the store?