> The tech industry nowadays is no longer about solving real-world problems and making the world a better place, instead it's all about screwing the end user in

> The tech industry nowadays is no longer about solving real-world problems and making the world a better place, instead it's all about screwing the end user in every single way possible I think you're overstating it. This is true of much of the industry, maybe even most in certain bubbles like San Francisco, but it's far from all. > Technology-wise, we no longer use engineering as a means to an end to solve a business problem. Instead, engineering became its own thing and most companies encourage and reward those who opt for over-engineered solutions I think there's more truth to this, although I still think it's far from all of the industry. There's also a little bit of a good reason for it: tech companies have figured out that when you let engineers work on things they find interesting or exciting, they tend to work much harder and longer. In some sense this isn't a bad deal for those programmers either, if they're getting to do something they love instead of something they hate. What it does lead to is a weird situation where doing something in a way that's only 80% efficient in terms of effort because of over-engineering, may still end up being economical because it leads to 200% effort from the people working on it. I think this is the root of a lot of the technology decisions being made today. Which, again, is really weird and seems questionable, but it also seems to work out pretty well for all parties most of the time.