I work in R&D now on salary. I like what I get paid to do. I even have fun while doing it. But I still rather be somewhere else the vast majority of the day. Even when I'm under pressure to finish an assignment I'll still do other things more immediately fulfilling or socially spy on my peer groups. I understand the need to do tasks that directly benefit my survival. I do not understand this attitude that I'm supposed to give my life over to a company and make a small group of people exponentially more money than I'll ever see. That's absurd. I was happier as human being being payed barely nothing at a start up where I had far more genuine autonomy and input over my day vs. building something for others who appear to not care very much about my existence.