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Ok, what's the over under on the people who coded this getting used as scapegoats? I'm at about 40/60 against. Morality and legality in software is a massive f
by terribleplan 9y ago
Ok, what's the over under on the people who coded this getting used as scapegoats? I'm at about 40/60 against.
Morality and legality in software is a massive frontier we hardly pause to think about.
- nebabyte 9y ago0/100 (or 100/0 or whatever). "Above my pay grade" The code is the property of the company. Whoever ordered it be created and/or used would be culpable.
- sqeaky 9y agoI agree they Should be culpable, but whether or not they Would is the decision that is actually above our paygrade.
- nebabyte 9y agoWrong. There is no "should be vs. would be" dance here. It's spelled out in black and white in your employee agreement.
- sqeaky 9y agoNot all people, not even all programmers, sign specific agreements. I have taken programming jobs only signing tax documents. EDIT - I also wouldn't expect something as flimsy as a piece of paper to actually protect me my the likes of Steve Kalanick. He seems like the type to screw anyone over if he can gain from it. If I were those programmers I would get a laywer no matter what any agreement said. For the future, please consider that starting a post with "Wrong" is not polite and not conducive to meaningful discussion. It also doesn't make you any more or less correct.
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- sqeaky 9y agoIf you must downvote me, please leave a comment and tell me why. If you don't tell me why, I must presume it is because my line of reasoning was correct, but hurt your feelings .
- npizzolato 9y agoA real criminal investigation probably isn't going to be satisfied with the lowly coder. If this ends up going all the way, I would expect people high up to be punished.
- memmcgee 9y agoIn an ideal world that would be the case. But in reality, unless you hurt the elites like Enron did, you'll probably get off just fine.