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I'm developing software for industrial machines - those machines can be used to produce parts for defense applications on one hand or for civil products/researc
by wnkrshm 5y ago
I'm developing software for industrial machines - those machines can be used to produce parts for defense applications on one hand or for civil products/research on the other, things that enrich and save lives (e.g. cheaper high-quality components for medical products) ...
It does not bother me that much to be honest - I've become cynical enough to believe that everybody refusing to work on something because it may feed into defense is a pipe dream. Our economies and professions are just too tightly coupled and can almost be turned on a dime to produce components for weapons - weapons aren't very complicated compared to many products we use in our lives.
I would be more bothered by working for a bank or insurance, training models for agriculture-trading or for a multinational company dodging taxes (I work at an SME), helping to build the systems that control lives.