[agoodthrowaway]

Being principled and high minded is wonderful when you are financially independent. Given Google’s amazing financial success, I’d imagine the author is or should be financially independent and can choose to do whatever he wants. Some of the rest of us are not in a position to be as ideological.

[aaomidi]

Which in turn gives way to changing the system which allows more people to be ideological.

[shadowgovt]

And there's no shame in that. But a person can find shame if they do have the resources and choose to stay in an unacceptable status quo.