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My main reason is ideological. Why should I waste my precious time working in a job that doesn't advance my goals of creating a freer society? while also making pennies for some shareholder at the top? on top of that I get bored of doing the same thing over and over again. I want my work to have more variance.
And I guess while being truly international is kinda difficult it seems that it's a lot easier within the EU and USA.
And I assume you would also like to be paid well.
This is a lot of requirements for a job. You want to work in tech, and fully remote, and anarchist, and doing something meaningful, and get paid well. I would recommend starting off by getting the best job that fits your ideology and desires that you can get right now. After all, you still need to support yourself.
Once you have that part down, work on getting a different job that meets another of your desires. Eg, get a tech job. Any job in tech, even if it is shitty. Then get a tech job that is less shitty and pays you well. Then get a tech job that pays you well and lets you work remote part time. Then full time. Then get a fully remote tech job with good pay that works on something meaningful to you. Then get a job at a tech syndicate.
The problem you are running into is that jobs like the one you want are very appealing to many people. Most people want remote work. They want to get paid well. They want to do meaningful work. Etc. Thus, the positions that these employers have will be highly competitive. And you, therefore, must have a high level of skill in your niche and connections in the industry who will pass along your name and pass along opportunities to you. And while a good education in a field can serve as a strong foundation and get your foot in the door to start, most knowledge needed for most jobs is learned on the job - actually doing the work and interacting with other people who are working on the same problems. So to get your dream job, you need experience and connections, and to get experience and connections, you will need to work in less appealing jobs. And since almost all employers are capitalist, you will almost certainly need to work at a number of capitalist firms in order to achieve your goal.
There is no individual solution. That cooperative of your dream will it be in the air out the planet earth in the eter of your imagination? Or will it be in the capitalist mode of production? In wich world do you live? What is the society who made you? You are a slave like or not. You'll stay a slave whatever under democratic rules or fascist one in a capitalist enterprise or in a coop. Stop dreaming. Read Marx.
No thanks. I like my theory to be from the current century. You know the one where we have stuff like the internet, imminent climate disaster and the hindsight of the soviet regime.
Also starting a cooperative is no individual solution. It's a first step towards establishing a collective economy. Which could fuel the collective spirit and start a political movement.
don't waste your time then
keep looking for the perfect role but don't die in a gutter for your ideology in the meantime.