> they're clearly in it just for the money

It's a job, working for someone else. What other reason is there?

Some people have a passion for their craft and use that to generate money. There is a difference between people who just are there for the money and people that are there for the money and the implementing their craft.

	▲	cassianoleal 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Such a large part of the job is dumb meetings, politics and trying to work around bad governance. The only reason to put up with all that is money, because one needs to pay the bills. Remove the need to pay bills and you'll be left with no one applying for a crappy job making money for someone else. Implementing the craft has nothing to do with putting up with employment and employers, workplace harassment, waking up at unhealthy hours, wasting most of one's time awake doing things for someone else...