Well, he had the added benefit of not living in California and hence not being taxed to death. Additionally there is the idea that working on something exciting

Well, he had the added benefit of not living in California and hence not being taxed to death. Additionally there is the idea that working on something exciting and dangerous is much more intellectually enriching than pumping out some feature for a SaaS product at ABC Corp. Morality/risk is not for me to decide here.