Several things in this article resonated with me. One of the great things about our industry is that most of us do have a choice, as long as you're willing to l

Several things in this article resonated with me. One of the great things about our industry is that most of us do have a choice, as long as you're willing to leave some money on the table. Advertising, finance or commerce will always pay more than advancing the state of science, or other noble goals. What happened to the idea of building great stuff that people are happy to pay for? I'm very happily doing this now, making developer tools. My users are very happy to pay for the software I build, and I find building it very satisfying. I'm lucky, but it's not like I'm some super-developer - I'm good at what I do, but so are most people here. I'm lucky with my circumstances, but I think I'd be doing something like this even if my circumstances were different. Since I've lately been more concerned than previously about climate change, I'm now investigating how I can help with that, despite having no background in physical sciences. In my case, tooling for scientists is an obvious option, but Bret has more ideas: http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange.