Maybe the sheen of tech and finance is limited. You’re, at best, enabling other people’s visions and at worst contributing to enshittification.

It was appealing for a while with the promises of big paydays, but if they stop keeping that up, it won’t stand on its merits.

Making actual things has an emotional charm. I work for a fintech and the best I can do is point at a card terminal and say “maybe my code is one of 932 obscure steps towards your payment happening.”