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But making a profit can still come in the form of solving an issue for people. They may be the minority, but companies exist that don't just optimize for short-

But making a profit can still come in the form of solving an issue for people. They may be the minority, but companies exist that don't just optimize for short-term profit, but have a stable base of product and customers and get better at what they're doing. Nothing glamorous, but it can still be fun if the people get along (which is kinda like a game being "fun with friends" I admit). I'm not really debating your point, which is totally fair, but for me the question isn't so much how many companies aren't like that, but how to find that which are, or how to recognize them, filter out their spiritual opposites, etc.

scarface_74 2y ago
But making a profit can still come in the form of solving an issue for people Every company is in the business of solving people’s problems to convince people to give them money. That’s not meant to be a cynical take. That’s why a company exist outside of gambling, MLM and maybe a few other companies. I gladly give companies money to give me goods and services and prefer that honest transaction over adtech. However you choose to fault the current BigTech companies even, none of them are short term focused. That is except for Google. Google’s management has always had the focus of a crack addled flea. If you want to work for a company with a long term focus, public companies that aren’t doing some type of financial engineering to juice stock returns like Boeing, Intel or GE back in the day is a safe bet. Private companies are almost always in business trying to look good for acquirer.