[an_aparallel]

software developers are people...they're most likely not working on important problems for much the same reasons people shop at fast fashion outlets, eat bad food, watch crap television, not exercise and so on.

not all software developers (aka people) are that smart outside their own domain, or reason well outside their domain. Just because you've studied CS and dream in high speed algorithms, it doesnt mean you can change a tire, cook a meal, or be ethical. I know surgeons/PHDs/engineers who outside their office are absolute social clusterf*ks who if you did not know them - would not think they held such high positions.

one of the number one narratives i see on this site is "go work for a FAANG", or "go work for a startup"...the majority of either are either immoral or unnecessary products wrapped in investor bait (respectively)

...for these narratives to be a thing speaks volumes about incentives, morality and the like. Yeah i know people need to get paid, and life in Frisco is expensive....but...

[goksankobe]

I was afraid it would boil down to this indeed...