Companies made millions building unemployment websites that didn’t work
Question for the HN crowd: My apologies if I offend anyone (sure I will), but I can&#x27;t imagine a good programmer wanting to work for any of the big tech consulting companies. They don&#x27;t pay very well, their work is generally boring but tedious, and their corporate cultures are not known for attracting top talent. If you&#x27;re a good programmer, seems like the top options are:<p>1. Join a FAANG or other well-regarded software company (e.g. a Salesforce-like company)<p>2. Join a startup<p>3. Research (academia) or a company that does big &quot;research-like&quot; work (e.g. the NSA, SpaceX, etc.)<p>So I just don&#x27;t see any way this kind of work is going to get done and not kinda suck.