How money changes tech culture #startups

The technology industry was seen as a place for people that feel that way and think that way and are aligned uh with everyone agreeing to a code of conduct and agreeing to rules and numbers being super factual uh every way. Yes. And so I think there's always been this tension as money flows into the tech industry that the more money and lucrative this stuff gets, the more it attracts people that would not be in this industry if there were no money in it, right? Cuz there's some people that are like engineers, whether physical engineers or software engineers, they'd be doing this even if this were just like making no money, right? Cuz they like it. And there's some people that are 100% only doing this versus whatever because right? Yeah. In the '60s it was starting a rock band, right? Like there's a lot of people, if you're an ambitious young person in the '60s, you started like a rock band and a lot of people went far with that. Starting a startup is like something you do if you're an ambitious young person. And so where I'm going with this is that in this cultural tension, I think a lot of the true nerds are very angry and upset when they see what they feel is an injustice. And again, I guess I'm one of them. Like it bugs me, too. Like I can't, you know, I'm going to level with you. Um and that folks with a different perspective might just be like, "Oh, this is how everything works. " And it reminds me a little bit of I don't know, like high school where there are some people that were like, "Yeah, cheating's just part of the game. Like of course we cheat. Like everyone cheats. " And I don't know, man. Like I always just found it kind of a drag to see some of that influence coming into the tech industry. And like last thing for me on this point, I've noticed it has everything to do with market cycles. And when, you know, Yep. the hotter things get in terms of money, the sketchier things get. And when there's no heat on the tech industry, this is less of a problem.