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If it meant having a job or not, sure I guess.
by trentmb 11y ago
If it meant having a job or not, sure I guess.
- hlieberman 11y agoWhat if sticking to it meant that you'd have to resign? A code of ethics that you have to sign for work is one thing. A code of ethics that you hold above employment is quite another.
- trentmb 11y agoOn the spot? Probably not, no. I would begin looking for work elsewhere though, possibly in a different field.
- slavik81 11y agoProgrammers are well-paid and have excellent employment prospects. In the off chance I did encounter an unresolvable ethical issue, it would not be very hard to resign and find new employment elsewhere. Given how much better off I am than most other workers in this country, I think it's a small sacrifice. To address the thread topic, I'm a P.Eng, ACM member, and IEEE member.
- hlieberman 11y agoAre you a P.Eng in software, or something else? (I know there are only a few places in the United States where you can even challenge the PE exam as a software engineer).
- slavik81 11y agoI'm a Canadian. My degree is electrical, but my field of practice is software engineering.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoAnd this is the problem in a nutshell: "I'm okay with trying not to hurt people, as long as it pays better than hurting people does." I wonder if the real difference between software engineering and other engineering disciplines is that they have a culture of responsibility--of saying "hey, public safety is more important than money"--and we emphatically don't.