In my first job out of engineering school 15 years ago I was working on a project to give people something they never had before. Today most of my work goes to

In my first job out of engineering school 15 years ago I was working on a project to give people something they never had before. Today most of my work goes towards making something that already exists cheaper. Not to pass on the savings to the customer of course, but to make the company's books look better and to make investors happier.