Comment by dougmwne
3 years ago
This is actually not as hard as it seems, you just have to be willing to take a truly eye watering paycut. Think 4x. Think enough money over a lifetime to start your own charitable foundation.
Head over to Idealist.org and pick a cause. Choose carefully, you better really f-n love it. Source: been there, done that, got the t-shirt somewhere around here. (And yeah, I changed the world too while I was at it.)
Eye watering to you, close to a normal wage for most of the population at most nonprofits, especially in tech roles.
But those people cannot make FAANG money. Apparently OP has that option, so their opportunity cost is enormous compared to your average graduate.