> remorse about being paid lavishly for work in the attention economy.
The vast majority of tech jobs are not working with consumer facing products.
The companies that occupy the space on our phones and web browsers may seem like the majority of the tech world when it’s all you see every day, but it’s really a smaller fraction of everything going on in the world. There’s a lot of tech out there that doesn’t involve the small handful of companies that dominate social networking and entertainment apps.
That's a good point. I guess my point may be applied more broadly, i.e. I see a rise in social conscience about the impact of one's work. Somebody working in travel may become concerned about their climate impact. A robotics engineer may not want their work applied to weapon systems... et cetera. I've found it rather difficult to find a for-profit enterprise to employ me that doesn't have some ethical dilemma that comes along with the job.
The vast majority of tech jobs are not working with consumer facing products.
The companies that occupy the space on our phones and web browsers may seem like the majority of the tech world when it’s all you see every day, but it’s really a smaller fraction of everything going on in the world. There’s a lot of tech out there that doesn’t involve the small handful of companies that dominate social networking and entertainment apps.