I think a lot of what you said emphasizes my view on non technical people making decisions and/or being the public face of a very technical product. I don't mea

I think a lot of what you said emphasizes my view on non technical people making decisions and/or being the public face of a very technical product. I don't mean everyone in this regard. But I imagine many of us have been on the side of being told that marketing/user retention wants a dark pattern introduced. "User Research" wants all kinds of tracking introduced. Finance wants ads. Management wants something quicker so we cut corners (or worse they tell us to release something even though we say its not ready and very buggy but marketing was making a big deal about it... which I have personally been involved in. Will give one guess how that one went and then who was blamed). Or any other decision made by someone non technical that is a bad decision and is another controversy waiting to happen. I still see technology as a great force. I still believe in it. I am lucky that my current job, I don't have to deal with any of these things. But we are not a consumer facing operation. But when I look to the future, I find myself asking myself. Where is the industry going and it feels like it's just constantly getting worse. I worry about being in a position of needing to be involved in that again.