Agreed! I pointed this out to my boss once, when I was working at a healthcare-related startup. I wrote software, and I didn't have much confidence that it ca

Agreed! I pointed this out to my boss once, when I was working at a healthcare-related startup. I wrote software, and I didn't have much confidence that it caused any positive effect. He explained that somebody would see the result of my software, and take an action, which would influence someone else, and so on down the line, and eventually, someone's health would have an improved result. It was all about The System, and I shouldn't be discouraged because that's just how all modern life is. You contribute to your one piece of The System and you'll probably never see the effects yourself. I'm glad I got out of that world, and back into the physical world. As you say, the pay/hours/etc are worse but there are some things you just can't put a price on.