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As an AWS employee I doubt there's a ton you can do to influence Amazon's physical product side. What you could do is try to influence AWS to stop being the bac
by joecot 6y ago
As an AWS employee I doubt there's a ton you can do to influence Amazon's physical product side. What you could do is try to influence AWS to stop being the backbone for ICE and DHS's extremely cruel deportation policies. Since I went to an AWS Summit in NYC and walked through protesters shouting "Cut ties with ICE"[1] I've done my best to divest myself from AWS solutions, though it's slow going. Get AWS more employees to stand up to AWS over ICE and DHS.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/12/no-tech-ice-protesters-demand-amazon-cut-ties-with-federal-immigration-enforcement/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/12/no-tech-i...
- all_blue_chucks 6y agoDo you refuse to support all businesses that sell to DHS abd CBP?
- rajacombinator 6y agoRight because Azure or [shitty tech contractor co owned by Senator’s favorite donor] won’t eagerly step up to fill that void. Maybe pg should do a “submarine” style essay on how politics works... (hint: follow the money.)