I've known plenty of civil servants who at least got into it in part because they felt they were contributing to society. I know that in ancient times people u

I've known plenty of civil servants who at least got into it in part because they felt they were contributing to society. I know that in ancient times people used to think the folks at HP, with their "HP Way[1]," were idealists trying to make better. These few anecdata cannot contradict "a lot of employees." Just sayin'. [1] https://www.hpalumni.org/hp_way.htm https://www.hpalumni.org/hp_way.htm