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> If people want to play-act as robots, I won't deny them their kink. But that's not what interests me about work, and it's not the kind of person I hire. If y

• wpietri 5y ago
  That is not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that I won't hire people who are excessively deferential to authority in a way that they suppress their individuality and their concerns about the society in which we work. Why? Because I think the work we do requires attention, care, and concern about the impacts of the work. I build software for actual people to use, and that requires caring about the actual people who use it. I build software in a collaborative, team-oriented context, and that requires caring about the actual people who are one's colleagues. Of course, there are people I won't hire for their politics. For example, racists and misogynists will not get hired. That's because we're making software for all sorts of people, and being hostile to those people is a dealbreaker. It's because I aim to hire all sorts of people, and being hostile or unwelcoming to colleagues will get them fired in a hearbeat.