You are a really smart and really experienced Senior/Staff Software Engineer, remember? You don't have to ship slop if you don't want to.
It's society. They work for each other, Morty. They pay each other. They buy houses. They get married and make children that replace them when they get too old to make power.
Picture your average farm. It has cows, chickens, horses, donkeys, and all the other farm animals. The farmer, skilled with his animals, controls every aspect of their lives. He decides when they eat, where they sleep, and when they die. The animals would probably prefer a little more room, the ability to eat when they want, and a say in their own deaths. Why do the animals put up with this?