Comment by steve_adams_86

Absolutely. I’ve done so many bad things with my career. Less over time, but in the beginning I was naive and eager to please. I can’t criticize anyone without admitting I did the exact same thing. We want to stay relevant, get promoted, be the hero who keeps big projects moving, etc. Certain people in leadership see this and use us to execute on things less enthusiastic or more aware/morally grounded types won’t.

This is why I earn half as much working in science now. We will never reach unicorn status but we also won’t treat our end users and partners like pawns to exploit on our path to wealth and power. I can live with that.