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> We really need mandatory ethics courses in CS. You think the CS grads / devs are the ones deciding to do this? We're not really given true autonomy. We're gr
by ashelmire 7y ago
> We really need mandatory ethics courses in CS.
You think the CS grads / devs are the ones deciding to do this? We're not really given true autonomy. We're grunts. Someone above us decides to do the spying and we either do it or hit the job market.
- robbyt 7y ago"I'm just doing my job" - Nazi soldiers operating Holocaust ovens
- depr 7y agoIf the grunts had some spine and ethics they'd hit the job market.
- saagarjha 7y agoThat's the whole point of an ethics course: you don't just do what your boss tells you to do. This is how engineering works: if you're told to build a bridge you know will collapse, it's your fault if you go along with it.