I put I don't believe in the mission, but that doesn't entirely capture it, nor does "I'd be a number/cog". It's more that modern big companies (and many startu

I put I don't believe in the mission, but that doesn't entirely capture it, nor does "I'd be a number/cog". It's more that modern big companies (and many startups, especially VC funded ones that are really just an extension of big tech) are not really about doing interesting technical work, in fact are almost the opposite- about playing the right politics, signaling the right things, putting up with all kinds of HR and other bureaucratic nonsense for no reason. Maybe that's what a white collar job is, but overall it's not appealing to me.