> “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.”

Now that the era of free money seems to be over, at least for now, the ad networks are firing many of their employees. One can only hope that many of them will have the opportunity to reorient towards more beneficial work.

That said, tech is large. Very large, and some tech is also benefiting doctors, nurses and patients. Though I agree, typically not at the salary levels one was able to get building ad networks.