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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of people in DC do work like this. [b]But talking about it in the terms that you are using easily comes across as narcissistic, self-promoting, or naive. [/b]It is more popular here to appear to be self-deprecating but use terms and lingo that other like-minded people will pick up on. Of course people can also be self-promoting braggarts but they usually do it in a more subtle way than places like NYC and San Francisco. [/quote]

This. People who talk a lot about making the world a better place often have an overinflated sense of self-importance, and might even be ignorant to how they’re doing more harm than good. (All those Silicon Valley startups reallt made the world a better place, didn’t they?)

The real difference makers are going about it much more quietly. [/quote]

It sounds so naive.  I used to be like that until I grew up and realized that my sphere of influence and what I can actually achieve.  I work at one of the largest companies in the world (if not the largest) and even our CEO is a replaceable corporate cog.  How much impact can a singular cog really have?  And all those profs and R&D folks - most of their work will be obsolete and insignificant as soon as the paper about it get published.  Most of us realize we aren't Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos, and we will never be.  Demoralizing? Maybe.  Reality? Yes.

Small drops in a bucket spill over to cause change more often than a large shift.  We are all those drops.  I have a good life and it works for me.[/quote]

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