"it all starts to look more like the wheelings and dealings of Mad Men than computer science"
Yeah, in many ways the tech field (and corporations/startups in general) are bad just parodies of themselves. But the dog and pony show still gets funding, so there are still jobs out there, so I guess it's not all bad. But after a while it does get a little hard to get all starry-eyed about some new web framework or instant messaging app.
There are still some companies that do interesting things, (depending on what you're in to) but you might have to look beyond the typical e-commerce startup. Things like robotics, artificial intelligence, new medical technology, etc. Things that actually could make the world better (though of course technology is amoral, and could always be abused to make the world worse).
Yeah, in many ways the tech field (and corporations/startups in general) are bad just parodies of themselves. But the dog and pony show still gets funding, so there are still jobs out there, so I guess it's not all bad. But after a while it does get a little hard to get all starry-eyed about some new web framework or instant messaging app.
There are still some companies that do interesting things, (depending on what you're in to) but you might have to look beyond the typical e-commerce startup. Things like robotics, artificial intelligence, new medical technology, etc. Things that actually could make the world better (though of course technology is amoral, and could always be abused to make the world worse).