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Ask HN: Is there anything you'd refuse to work on?
- seattle_spring 7y agoProbably JIRA, it's way too far gone as far as I can tell.
- joeblow9999 7y agoany project that directly supports drug war efforts
- ksaj 7y agoI was invited to work on a project implementing a country-wide firewall, of the sort used in Saudi Arabia to censor content from its citizens. I gave a very flat "no". Not a chance would I put my efforts into such a thing. The company never hired me again. I would call it a mutual separation, since they went ahead and worked on that project without me, and I won't work for a company that is so greedy they'd throw morals and ethics to the wind on that kind of contract. One staffer even admitted to me he felt icky about the whole thing. Why do it then? You sold out, bud.
- cm2012 7y agoGambling or games that are close to gambling. Anything promoting far right or other hateful ideologies.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoI suspect if you offered me enough money, I’d be able to rationalize anything. Even Jira...
- gtirloni 7y agoI suspect most of us would. Thanks for the sincere answer.
- gitgud 7y agoFor me it's military related projects. A professor once told me that more than half of mechanical engineers enter the defence/military industry.... It was then that I decided I didn't want to contribute to the mechanisation of war, wheather it be defence or offence...
- chrisbennet 7y agoThings that kill on purpose or by accident.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoI talked to this lady who worked in medical instruments. She was told {as basic standard wisdom) that she had to be prepared for her device killing someone - because that happens in medical devices. That doesn't make medical devices a bad thing to work on; it just means that it works out badly sometimes for some patients.
- mortivore 7y agoLoan sharking and debt collection