The money probably helps, especially given the Bay Area cost-of-living. The FB employees I've met have been fine with explaining away the consequences of their

The money probably helps, especially given the Bay Area cost-of-living. The FB employees I've met have been fine with explaining away the consequences of their actions with "oh it's just a job", "that's not my team", or "the technology is really interesting". And as an idealist, I'll invoke Goodwin's Law depending on our relationship.