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I agree. The interesting, high-paying jobs in tech all seem to be centred around funnelling money from one place to another for profit, or manipulating people f

I agree. The interesting, high-paying jobs in tech all seem to be centred around funnelling money from one place to another for profit, or manipulating people for profit. Most of the available work just seems to do harm. Working for public/charity companies doesn’t lead to satisfaction either, since all you see is an overworked, underpaid, too-junior workforce and an inferior, outdated product which you can do little about. On top of this, the accepted career progression for many programmers seems to be that you become a manager and don’t even get to solve the fun problems yourself - now you’re doing harm and not even enjoying doing it! But hey, at least we get paid a lot...

notacoward 8y ago
> The interesting, high-paying jobs in tech all seem to be centred around funnelling money from one place to another for profit Maybe that's because so much of tech nowadays is a branch of the finance industry (mostly through VC), and that's all finance has ever been.
Aeolun 8y ago
Listening to this it would seem there’s only horrible extortional companies to work for. If you stay away from FAANG you’re already a lot better off. There’s a lot of traditional industries that do not exploit people or paychology any more than they’ve been doing for hundreds of years. Those companies need programmers as well. You won’t get your FAANG salary, but that is the sacrifice you make. No need to give up on IT altogether.
derangedHorse 8y ago
That's how society works though. Funneling money from one place to another for profit and manipulating people for profit is business as usual. I really don't understand the recent public opinion of some people thinking tech will become the downfall of our society.