> A big reason for that is most people don't have the "fuck you money" to be that selective. You don't need money, you need ethics and a backbone. My first job

> A big reason for that is most people don't have the "fuck you money" to be that selective. You don't need money, you need ethics and a backbone. My first job as a junior developer right out of University, my boss asked me to write code to cheat a benchmark, presumably so that marketing could lie about our product's real performance. I just got started with my career, began paying off student loans and could barely afford a place to live, but somehow I managed to push back. It was terrifying and I thought I would get fired. I've been in other ethically ambiguous situations throughout my career, with a family to feed and where quitting would be perilous, and yet I can still say with a good conscience that I made the decision in each case that aligned with what I considered to be good ethics and principles. I've never had "fuck you money."