[VLM]

Some students are just innocently confused.

One fellow student of mine wanted to work at microsoft so she could develop the next (I forget exactly) which was never developed at MS, they just bought a little startup, slapped the MS name and logo on it, marked the price way up, and went into maint mode (which is really boring).

She genuinely thought they innovate internally rather than thru purchasing startups (aka outsourced R+D)

Some people specifically want to do maint mode work, but she very specifically wanted to develop "new products" like an example I know was merely a turnkey purchased startup.

[penprog]

I would say they are less innocently confused and prioritize money/benefits over working on interesting tech.