I agree that choice in employer is relevant, but my impression is that the influence of developers is often disregarded completely. The decisions in corporation

I agree that choice in employer is relevant, but my impression is that the influence of developers is often disregarded completely. The decisions in corporation comes mostly from the top. It is also an opportunity because it allows you to learn a lot in such an environment. Facebook management isn't stupid, they know the angles to push for developers to rationalize their work as something beneficial, how to make people feel important and peoples overconfidence blinds them to see a broader picture. Some just withdraw themselves from that and just focus on the technical side. Not a good excuse of course. I know a lot of people expected more from classical software nerds, more from the internet and its effects. And it was something to rely on for a time. But overall user behavior was much more influential. People bought at Amazon because it is convenient. They shared their lives on Facebook to compete against each other. They did not care about the consequences either for whatever reason. Many hate these developments too and maybe devs could search employment elsewhere, but it would not change that much as ultimately they are replaceable too. Honestly, don't give those with animosity a noble lie. I think some devs could very well profit from having that sentiment being screamed in their faces because they can see the problem as well but believe it is what people want or they even hope for people from outside the industry to make some noise.