Nobody treats you like a human being if you're in tech. They treat you like a wallet
Weird, I never have this experience. Where do you live? Where do you hang out?
Also, I can tell you from personal experience that people will treat you like a hero[1] if you tell them that you work on OneBusAway, so please help out on one of these all-volunteer projects:
iOS: https://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-iphone
Android: https://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-android
[1] Unless they're Route 8 commuters.