[joenot443]

A developer getting paid because an investor misunderstands a technology isn’t anything we need to get too worried about, I think. It seems to be a big part of our industry, and I don’t know if that’s ever going to change. I sometimes think of all the crapware dApps that got shoveled out in the last boom - little of meaning was created from a technical standpoint, but smart people got to do what they love to put bread on the table.

Perhaps I’m being overly simplistic, but I don’t see it as all that different from contractors getting paid to do silly and tasteless renos on McMansions. Objectively a bad way to reinvest one’s money, but it’s a wealth transfer in the direction I prefer, so I’ll hold my judgement.

[TeMPOraL]

Fair enough. I'm not going to complain much about money moving towards the workers, but I also hate obvious waste as a matter of principle. I also hate being dragged into bullshit work against my will.

I had a close call many years ago - my co-workers and I had to talk higher-ups out of a desperate attempt to add something, anything, that is even tangentially related to AI or blockchains, so either or both of those words could be used in an investor pitch...

That's when I fully grokked that buzzword-driven development doesn't happen because someone in management reads a HBR article and buys into the hype - it happens because someone in management believes the investors/customers buy into the hype. They're probably not wrong, but it still feels dirty to work on bullshit, so I steer clear.