It's not okay to try to steal things (as we probably don't even need to mention). It's doesn't matter if that is the accepted way to do things in a company, you

It's not okay to try to steal things (as we probably don't even need to mention). It's doesn't matter if that is the accepted way to do things in a company, you are making a moral mistake. I don't want to tar everyone in the company as being that way, but it would be a serious thing to consider if someone in Huawei in my town (they have offices in the Seattle area) was looking for a job. If you work in a company that has standard cultural practices of stealing things, then you have to not do it. Of course many companies try to be aggressive and push the illegal envelope (like say Uber) but you have to be moral and honest, it's a crucial aspect of the professionalism that we should have. That's a difficult line that I feel fortunate never to have faced in my software engineering career. Think about those engineers and leaders at VW who lied about the 'defeat device'. I would guess they were in some kind of automotive or mechanical or other professional organization that had a code of ethics that you couldn't do those things.