@Em0nM4stodon this may not be the best thread for this, but here goes:

I am a programmer professionally. Through close collaboration I daily build custom apps, tools, automations for my colleagues to help them do their work more easily and faster.

I am a firm believer in privacy as a human right and try to make - and help my friends and family make - choices by that base line (Signal over WhatsApp, Mastodon over Twitter/FB, LibreOffice over MSoffice, Linux over windows etc).

I would absolutely love to be able to do something like that in "the real world" - to help build better tech. I have tried finding some open source projects to contribute to, but am often overwhelmed by the onboarding for larger projects or don't have enough deep knowledge of more niche projects looking for help.

With your experience and in your opinion, what is a good place for someone like myself to start helping?