I used to take pride in working in software. Increasingly, I see tech being used to severely undermine civil liberties, abuse privacy etc. I guess techies are becoming as bad as bankers
I take pride in the work I do, but I think working as a software engineer makes me hate tech _more_ than the average person. I know how it works, and I think it's bad for us.
I second this. The longer I work in tech, the more I want to jump ship and work the land instead.
I actually still have a flip phone! (Although I also have a 3G iPad, which I don't carry with me daily, but put in a bag when needed). People are like "How can you be a software engineer and not have a smart phone?" I'm like "I think that's probably _why_ I have a flip phone!".
I don't necessarily want to leave tech, but I would prefer to work on my own projects or at least for something open-source, free and positive.
I guess there are lots of opportunities to build software outside of the 20s, 30s well to do crowd. Like for old people, poor people, disabled people and so on. If money is taken out of the equation, lots of areas where software can make genuine positive difference in people's lives
The problem is paying your own rent when money is taking out of the equation!