My feeling is that most criticisms of finance are based on a combination of a lack of understanding of what finance is and does, and indignation about how much

My feeling is that most criticisms of finance are based on a combination of a lack of understanding of what finance is and does, and indignation about how much money some people in the industry get paid. It's any easy target. Absolutely there are 'questionable people' in it, but are programers focused on getting users to click on more ads or spend time on a given app any better? Is tech really saving the world? There is so much more to tech than that, and most people in tech don't feel that's a fair representative of what they do. I think finance is similar, but I don't work in it so maybe I'm wrong...