> Devs respond to the incentives set by management

But I still hate these types of explanations. We are not mindless automata.

  > That I take pride in what I do

And I'm glad you do. I'm glad you don't reduce yourself to a mindless automata. I'm glad you set your own objective functions. I'm glad you see beyond the literal metric and the to the intent.

I just hope that more can. That they don't shirk off the part they play, just because it is small. The world is made by all of us, not just those "above" us.