https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24477933. And I have never been faced with someone with a long military career. Ancient History - Historically politics was a hobby of the elite. I know that's tough but it's a matter of ethics. This is actually based on a classification system for military officers first outlined in 1933 by a German general named Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord. [3] The music video for "Blood on My Hands" premiered on the band's MySpace on July 28, 2009. I wonder how they feel about it. > Contribute to society and to human well-being, acknowledging that all people are stakeholders in computing. If that collective does things which are unethical—for example supporting repressive regimes—then that is unethical. I told him to stop it but he said it was normal that siblings experience things like that together. So it's not just personal, it's business! Work for a boring company that provides a core service and does not ruffle feathers or cause trouble to society. Learn more. Basically he tricked me Most around us have never trusted Christ as their Saviour and are doomed for a hellish eternity, yet not a word is offered to rescue them from their doom. I kinda wish more techies would look at the NGOs as a viable alternative to the corporate world and do some work that's actually meaningful to the society. They are checked out and don't see all the problems that they can fix. My work was in no way particularly important to the project (just implementing some frontend), but it set such a high bar on meaningfulness so early in the career that it's going to be very difficult to top it. #therabb_contain::after { font-family:"open sans condensed",arial,sans-serif; font-size:70%; background:#FFF;padding:0 9px;color:#999; margin-top:-55px; content:"(S P O N S O R E D)"; right:10px;position:absolute; } It would be terrible if you were to go through life deprived of the pleasures of a trusting relationship and intimacy with a loving partner because of something that happened when you were a teen. ! So anyways, it's really contextual and empathetic. Then it goes beyond facebook, we can fight back against all types of abuses, ideological ones and the ones in the office. With the advent of Facebook on mobile, this person tweets political memes all day long. But very quickly you realized you had crossed a line so you told your brother it couldn’t happen again. I didn't downvote you but I suspect it's because you compared working in the military favorably to working for FB. I'm trying to be better! Stated job of FB is to connect the community, allow you to share your life with your loved ones and so on. He’d told me my mother had loved it when I wore those gloves. That is interesting, what sort of NGOs did you find to have the most socially meaningful and ethical work available? Advertising itself is not inheritly bad: healthy socium needs product and price discovery. The body responds even when the mind is immature. Kudos to you. The single was released on June 30, 2009 via 12-inch picture disc vinyl and digital download, and began airing on the radio starting July 14, 2009. My father said I looked more like her everyday, and that the gloves – elbow-length – made us look like twins if she had been a few decades younger. It's a form of coercion. But if you're able to work at an organization with a high bar such as Facebook, surely you have other options - unless you're a new grad - the stark reality is that when you get out of college, you take what you get. They two aren’t even in the same league when it comes to ethics. My mother's doc told her to make sure that she takes a drink of water ** at least ** every 15 minutes!!!! I was an elected Hillary Clinton DNC Delegate in 2008. I doubt that you can move on without some help. It's a small front against the Big Tech, and they need as much help as they can get in order to put up a fight. And think. It's more like that they join the military, because it's one of the few ways of getting out of their economic situation. But the higher up you are in an organization the more control you (presumably) have and so, in my mind, the more "culpable" you are for that organization's actions. :) I feel like one really needs to take a deontological view on things like this. You wouldn't hire a former prostitute who put themselves through education to better themselves and get a mainstream job? In software, there is incredible demand and engineers have a lot of negotiating power. Do they think that their job itself isn't doing harm? Eze Ezk) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools. You want breakthroughs and brilliance, find somebody who thinks deeply enough about tech to have a moral perspective on the work. Ezekiel was then given the task by God to be the nation’s watchman (Eze. postsecondary education, etc). Not really. I'm a result of that. >I'm not sure where your particular cutoff bar stands. I think it's fine to say "I'm not proud but the money was life changing" - that can be true, when most people are faced with that proposition would go with the life changing money. Sound the trumpet loudly as danger is close, lives are at stake, and it up to us to sound the alarm! You don’t trust men and aren’t open to a loving relationship. But I wonder if things are so dark at some of these companies that, for some positions, they actually need to find people who lack integrity. I definitely think there's a bit of "sliding scale of accountability" that makes sense. It definitely hurt Uber. An uncensored version of the video appears on the ticket pre-sale edition of the album Artwork. I'd like to know what I can improve on. Well, if they ever get in and show up in my interview panel, they should be prepared for a softball ethics question. Now I have developed a massive distance to my brother and people in general actually, I often think that all that guys want is sex. Keep your hands clean from the blood of others! Tim Bray comes to mind. #therabb_contain { margin:10px 0 10px 0; padding:10px; border:3px solid #4C88C5;display:block;height:100%;min-height:150px;width:90%;position:relative; } There's no such thing as a company doing ethical work, they all answer to shareholders and generate profit solely to benefit that class of people. Start a tech union, and let's see how far you get. I would very much like to engage in a good faith conversation with you. Just don't be surprised that the company will do everything to shut you down, hard. If it was all unicorns and butterflies, why not name the company so the morally-aligned folk can find safe haven? You want to hear something really bad. Learning To Trust Yourself Again After Betrayal, Many Seniors with Depression Faring Well During Pandemic. >as a tech person, that makes me extremely uncomfortable, and someone who hasn’t figured out even a personal route around the problem, much less a societal one. Please make your substantive points thoughtfully and avoid personal attacks. A priest gives Bert the Last Rites, while he is executed by hanging.[5]. NSA flies below the radar or at least used to, but it is very difficult to not notice that the US military mostly come to foreign countries and kill people there. >I have even met so many people with years of experience that are on the outside of the FAANG wall looking in with jealousy and longing. Have always had repeated trys and on top the hand may be more painful but it cuts down on the # of times tried. At the very least, asking a softball question will help filter out someone I might not want to personally work with. Or, more realistically, is flatout illegal? John 8:21,24 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come…. At least partially yes in my view. BigTech is committing atrocities every day, and the developers that work there are generally complicit in that behavior. I think there are more factors at play than “Didn’t you think about what you were doing?” such as, maybe they have a family they have to provide for and they actually like the people they work with and what they do it’s just Jim from sales all of the sudden suggests a feature that’s unethical but the company believes it’s the thing to build... at some point, leadership should be blamed, not the engineer who just implemented it so they can go home to their spouse. Maybe the difference is that (computer-based) engineers are expected to do unethical work in some situations and for some employers, and there is an unwritten code that they can pass the buck and won't be penalised just for "doing their jobs". Can you imagine the kind of power we can have if we, in unison, shut down all our development work to fight for societal change? If you're hiring someone, it seems reasonable to.