Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry?

Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by dvirsky on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:51PM (#22879991)

I worked for a good B2B SaaS, and while I was able to tell myself I'm not doing anything unethical or immoral, and while some of the customers were indeed very valuable (in terms of value to their customers) Fortune 500 companies - a large chunk of customers were adtech, dodgy mobile gaming, etc.

So you're still just providing infrastructure for these guys and not really contributing anything useful to the world, you're just one level removed from that, and hopefully you have enough customers who actually do good.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by eastbayjake on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:54PM (#22880046)

If the bar is "I don't want any code I write to be used for purposes which I do not personally endorse" then yes, it's probably a good idea to go work for a mission-driven non-profit and never make open source contributions to anything ever again

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Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by dvirsky on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:19PM (#22880398)

Or just work in a company that is ethical and provides something useful. I'm just saying working for B2B SaaS is not necessarily covering that base.

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