“The software engineer who refuses to work at Amazon, even though it tried to hire her … The designer who left Facebook because he felt its growth-at-all-costs strategy was wrong … The senior engineer who quit Google in protest of its relationship with China.” The tech industry is growing up. And some folks in tech don’t like how things in Silicon Valley are turning out. From California Sunday Magazine: A sometimes pointed, sometimes resigned conversation with engineers, designers, research scientists, and job candidates who are pushing for a more ethical Silicon Valley: The Tech Revolt.

+ While employees are lobbying their companies, their companies are lobbying in DC. From WaPo: “Five of the largest U.S. tech companies poured a combined $64.2 million into federal lobbying efforts last year.”