> working on projects that seem meaningful and useful for the world instead of what will make your investors the most money Having your business choose project

> working on projects that seem meaningful and useful for the world instead of what will make your investors the most money Having your business choose projects based on what engineers think is neat rather than what the business needs seems like a profoundly terrible idea. If your employer's goals don't match the stuff you want to do, get a different job. You're not entitled to use Facebook compute (or whatever) to pursue your passion project. There is more than one company in the world.