>Why not both. If your in tech and enjoy it you can do it.
Let us go in to this further. Yes, most of the technical people I know have pretty good working conditions.
However. Most of the technical people I know work for companies that either make weapons or sell advertising.
The vast majority of the available high-paying technical jobs actively contribute to making the world a worse place.
Now, I am not claiming to have clean hands either; I'm not trying to shame anyone else. I'm just saying that most of us would feel better if, you know, we could move away from killing people and/or making them spend money on garbage they don't need, and on to creating something that actually improves humanity.
The thing is, having a positive impact is difficult on it's own. When you've got rent to pay, the easy job solving interesting problems that ultimately make banzi buddy slightly more effective starts looking pretty good.
Let us go in to this further. Yes, most of the technical people I know have pretty good working conditions.
However. Most of the technical people I know work for companies that either make weapons or sell advertising.
The vast majority of the available high-paying technical jobs actively contribute to making the world a worse place.
Now, I am not claiming to have clean hands either; I'm not trying to shame anyone else. I'm just saying that most of us would feel better if, you know, we could move away from killing people and/or making them spend money on garbage they don't need, and on to creating something that actually improves humanity.
The thing is, having a positive impact is difficult on it's own. When you've got rent to pay, the easy job solving interesting problems that ultimately make banzi buddy slightly more effective starts looking pretty good.