“Thanks to the accessibility and ubiquity of new drone technology, I was able to make the jump from a worthless occupation to non-profit altruism, as my particular combination of skills and interests made me immediately useful. I’ve also re-entered the open-source and electronics engineering communities as a result of this for the first time in 20 years. Being altruistically useful for the first time in my life has lifted a burden of depression that was only getting worse in the for-profit world, and I’m now able to be passionate and driven again.”