I agree with you, but I would add that on most software projects it's possible to find a way to derive satisfaction from the work. Solving problems and writing

I agree with you, but I would add that on most software projects it's possible to find a way to derive satisfaction from the work. Solving problems and writing elegant code is good, whether it's running the next Amazon or streaming intrusive ads to a Smart Toothbrush or whatever. (I'd draw a line at weapons systems, gambling, automated extortion etc - but YMMV.) Economic value rarely correlates to more 'human' measures of value - which is depressing but nevertheless useful to me as someone whose skills are societally useless but moderately lucrative. I suspect many of us here are in the same boat.