I share some reservations with the author of this post but this reads like a rambling rant more than a coherent piece of thought. I don't want to work for comp

I share some reservations with the author of this post but this reads like a rambling rant more than a coherent piece of thought. I don't want to work for companies where the toxicity permeates through the culture, and I assume that that feeling is close to how the author feels when he mentions now wanting to work for "evil" companies. But the fact is that whole institutions aren't really evil or good - they are merely reflections of the people who are incharge of them at that moment. You can see that in any company that has gone through massive managerial changes - the company's culture & outlook has changed with them. Microsoft is the most prominent example of that. So is Google evil or is it just that its policies as dictated by the current managerial top layer contradicts with your morality? I guess any sufficiently large company will quickly start pushing the boundaries of ethics just by the virtue of being powerful enough to influence other people. To avoid working at such companies you can always choose to work at the second fiddle tech shops - which provide just as much of an engineering competence (if that is what you care about primarily) without the power of influencing policies. Then you can be sufficiently happy. Also it is hilarious to talk about putting food on the table at this day and age - yes compensation between companies can heavily vary but even a moderately competent software developer today makes more than they need just to make ends meet.