My biggest mistake was not accounting for the ethics of what the company was doing.
I was young, and super excited to have a job in software while still in school, building things. Only much later did I realize that multi-level marketing (pyramid schemes), pay day loans and companies selling bath salts to smoke, all hurt people.
I was removed enough from the problem that I didn’t see it at the time, and it all seemed so exciting, but I certainly have lots of regrets from that time.
I was young, and super excited to have a job in software while still in school, building things. Only much later did I realize that multi-level marketing (pyramid schemes), pay day loans and companies selling bath salts to smoke, all hurt people.
I was removed enough from the problem that I didn’t see it at the time, and it all seemed so exciting, but I certainly have lots of regrets from that time.