| ▲ | dofm 5 hours ago | |
> that's the core of what most of us writing software are doing Is that necessarily so? | ||
| ▲ | arrowleaf 5 hours ago | parent [-] | |
No, there are many mission-driven companies from enterprises to startups, but in the USA most software engineers work for Fortune 500 (or Russell 2000, or aspiring) whose underlying mission is extracting profit from revenue. | ||