O anda Boston'da olmak müthiş heyecan vericiydi.
- It was tremendously exciting to be in Boston at that time.
Tom'un yerinde olmak istemem.
- I wouldn't like to be in Tom's shoes.
See here what it says in Wiktionary. So, you were in the wrong about the meaning of that word.
... So there's nothing fundamentally wrong with profit. ...
... It's a step in the wrong direction, because it doesn't ...