[wenc]

I think this is to some extent personality-dependent and not as universal as you posit.

I somewhat fall into the demographic you describe but find myself not really caring about maximizing TC because I’m working on interesting and meaningful problems. (I would never be interested in working on adtech or infosec even for double my pay — I’m just not interested in those areas.)

I have met many in tech whose game is maximizing TC. They’re very vocal but I don’t know if they represent everyone.