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> That consideration doesn’t come with the caveat of “as long as it’s convenient to your career.” When losing your career potentially means losing your home, y
by gizmo385 6y ago
> That consideration doesn’t come with the caveat of “as long as it’s convenient to your career.”
When losing your career potentially means losing your home, your health insurance, and putting your family out on the streets; it's a lot more than just "an inconvenience" to your career.
What needs to change is that there need to be more stringent protections in place for engineers who blow the whistle on this kind of stuff and prevents companies from effectively destroying the lives of those who blow the whistle.
- bumby 6y ago>it's a lot more than just "an inconvenience" to your career. Luckily, we're talking about rare cases. Would you extend the same to a doctor who puts a patient at risk because he needs to make a mortgage payment? Maybe I'm unreasonable, but I think if someone isn't willing to hold an ethical line they shouldn't be in a career of public trust. There's no shame in pursuing other professions, there should be shame in undermining the public trust because you aren't willing hold that line.