Based on my experience, some developers might be, but executives are not. And the higher up you go in an org, the more obvious it is that "changing the world for the better" is promoted by the organization specifically to attract people willing to work hard to make a positive difference, while the only actual goal is money in the bank.
At a certain level, the person giving the speech about "making a positive impact" is lying, the audience knows they are lying, and the speaker knows the audience knows they are lying, yet everyone plays along because the veneer of altruism is still important.
See: SBF talking his big game about "radical altruism" to make people feel good about their jobs which were effectively promoting a pyramid scheme to make him and the other top dogs wealthy beyond measure.
> making a positive impact" is lying, the audience knows they are lying, and the speaker knows the audience knows they are lying, yet everyone plays along because the veneer of altruism
You don’t need to be altruistic to make the world better.
At a certain level, the person giving the speech about "making a positive impact" is lying, the audience knows they are lying, and the speaker knows the audience knows they are lying, yet everyone plays along because the veneer of altruism is still important.
See: SBF talking his big game about "radical altruism" to make people feel good about their jobs which were effectively promoting a pyramid scheme to make him and the other top dogs wealthy beyond measure.