So basically google is an extortion racket where people can't find you on the internet unless you either pay outlandish SEO fees to people to battle against goo

So basically google is an extortion racket where people can't find you on the internet unless you either pay outlandish SEO fees to people to battle against google for tricking it into displaying your results high, or pay google for ads? And maintaining this system (to googles benefit, not the consumers) is mostly a battle of fighting off the SEO guys so that your advertising money goes to google, or you don't get seen. There is honor and dignity in this endless, pointless fight? That doesn't sound like meaningful work that will satisfy people with a burning desire to change the world. That sounds like extortion. (Pay us ads, pay your nerds to fight with our nerds about SEO, or get kicked off the block). Obviously, there are tons of people for whatever reason just want a job they can live with. That's fine. I'm not saying everyone should quit google or anyone who works at google is a soulless spineless fuck or anything like that. But these google guys are at the edge of what's possible, and some of the brightest folks around. I'm not talking about finding a great job you can live with. I'm talking about the people who have both the desire and ability to set the world on fire. Those are the people google wants and can't hold. I completely agree not all work has to be soul affirming to be worth doing. But there are some people who won't settle for less than truly meaningful work. These are the people google both needs, and can't hang onto.