I think it's a symptom of much larger ailments to our society and species that we appear (to me, for now, at least) to have abandoned trying to address through

I think it's a symptom of much larger ailments to our society and species that we appear (to me, for now, at least) to have abandoned trying to address through systemic approaches. My employer is a federal contractor, and our clients are federal agencies. I could excuse this mindset at an early-stage startup, maybe, but... we feds and contractors should be out on the street corner begging junior engineers to join us. We could field an enormous, sustainable, well-compensated, healthy workforce. Follow best practices, focus on quality and longterm sustainability and maintainability, and work for the public. What's not to like? smdh. Sorry this turned into a rant.