Unfortunately I agree with this. A great quote I saw a while ago:
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.” –Jeff Hammerbacher
Every paying software job I've ever had was in some way involved getting people to click on ads. Either directly making a product where ad click rate is a measured metric, or products that helped people make products where clicking on ads was a metric...
I have usually been able to find a lot of joy in solving the problems in the smaller areas where I was focused, but whenever I took a step back and looked at what I was helping work towards it felt very meaningless.
I think finding a job today where you feel like the work you do does genuine good for the world is an incredibly rare and difficult thing...
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.” –Jeff Hammerbacher
Every paying software job I've ever had was in some way involved getting people to click on ads. Either directly making a product where ad click rate is a measured metric, or products that helped people make products where clicking on ads was a metric...
I have usually been able to find a lot of joy in solving the problems in the smaller areas where I was focused, but whenever I took a step back and looked at what I was helping work towards it felt very meaningless.
I think finding a job today where you feel like the work you do does genuine good for the world is an incredibly rare and difficult thing...