Of course. But software developers are, on the whole, pretty damn well compensated. As a group we have a lot of freedom to make these sorts of financial decisions.

Yes, some members of the group don't have that freedom. But that doesn't excuse the ones who do.

Even if everyone had enough financial security (or realized they did), you need coordination, people are never going to independently and spontaneously turn down these jobs at evilcorp en masse - you need coordination, a.k.a strong unions which can actually effect the policies of the employer.

The article addresses that:

> If the answer is the salary, say it louder, and do not force yourself to make excuses.

No. This is one of the many excuses that people employ to keep feeding the beast.

You need to have money to do the right thing? Odd take. Plenty of people with much less have sacrificed much more throughout history.

"Now that my RSUs have been exercised, here is the problem with _________"