Hell no. I can make just as much money -- likely more money -- working for somebody else, or myself, and get more control, more responsibility, less legacy syst

Hell no. I can make just as much money -- likely more money -- working for somebody else, or myself, and get more control, more responsibility, less legacy systems/culture, less treatment like a drone/kiddie, and I could give a shit whether my code serves billions of people or a mere hundred -- I just want to do good work, be unfettered, be happy, and be rewarded as much as the market is willing for my skills. It's an engineer's market right now, I can more easily be a VP or CEO or CTO of a funded startup than I can be a mere Software Engineer at the Goog. And I can work for home or at a location of my own choosing, and set my own hours. So why bother settling for less?