You're not obligated to be a brutal capitalist as an engineer. It's okay to make decisions that are suboptimal (but still passable) for your employer but highly

You're not obligated to be a brutal capitalist as an engineer. It's okay to make decisions that are suboptimal (but still passable) for your employer but highly aligned with your own career interests. If you always optimize for whichever company is employing you currently, you're doing yourself a disservice and essentially "leaving money on the table" :)