In the meantime I did some opensource work. I have two aspiring github projects with growing communities. But I don't know how to capitalize on that. Friends suggest to do consulting around those projects, but I don't want that. I'm good at programming, not running a business. Additionally, I like being emotionally attached to the things I do and that rarely happens while doing consulting.

I'm not really sure what to do next. I tried asking about opportunities, but here's a problem - I don’t want to work for typical internet businesses like a web framework, analytics startup, or a newspaper publisher. I don’t feel enthusiastic about selling advertisements or stuff that’s purely virtual. I want to write good software, be productive and eventually save the world. I’d like the job to be meaningful. I guess I want to care about it.

The time's passing and I'm not making much progress in the job search. I'm getting depressed, which doesn't help with being enthusiastic about potential employers. I fear that my morale will deteriorate and I'll be stuck with neither a job nor an energy.

Dear HN. What should I do?

- Should I reduce my ambitions and take a first not-completely-stupid job and hope it’ll lead somewhere?

- How to be enthusiastic about companies I don’t know?

- How can I meet people who have the opposite problem: have passion and vision, but lack a decent engineer?

- What’s your experience? How did you find your dream job once you got rejected from places that you thought were the best?