Finally, someone who quit. So many of these stories are from someone who built the thing, profited, left, and then took up a new chapter of their career talkin

Finally, someone who quit. So many of these stories are from someone who built the thing, profited, left, and then took up a new chapter of their career talking about how everything they did at <BAD COMPANY> was bad and that they should now receive funding, back pats, and NPR airtime for their new <GOOD COMPANY>. My question is always: "So, are you going to give the money back?" There really is a middle ground between just following orders and dedicating your life to sabotaging a company from the inside because someone there once thought about doing something that didn't 100% align with your personal mission. You can refuse and you can quit. More people need to read books on engineering ethics.