[sailfast]

Find a place with some honest people, working on something that matters. You don't need to be some legendary hacker to work with solid people in a con-person free zone.

It sounds like you're perhaps working jobs where, if a broader objective exists, it doesn't really "matter" or it's made-up. "We're changing the world through [thing that sounds big but really means large-scale data collection for ads]"

Ever consider government? There are likely more bureaucrats and hoops, but if you do your job right you'll save lives.