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You can be both a professional software developer and a caring human that considers ethics and exercises empathy. It's easy to convince oneself they can only b
by ParetoOptimal 4y ago
You can be both a professional software developer and a caring human that considers ethics and exercises empathy.
It's easy to convince oneself they can only be a professional developer to escape ethical responsibilities which require significant time and energy.
- olalonde 4y agoOf course you can and you should. But going from the Twitter bio and personal website, it doesn't appear to be the case here. They're an activist who lives from soliciting donations and selling 30$ videos on how to be anti-racist (like, literally).
- dxdm 4y agoDoesn't mean what they're saying is wrong. Probably makes more sense to attack the substance of their argument, and not their bio.
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- olalonde 4y agoThe comment I was replying to already did a good job at that, I was just adding some context because it helps explain the attitude.
- ParetoOptimal 4y ago> They're an activist who lives from soliciting donations Assuming this is the case, are you concluding they don't have time to be a real software developer? Maybe they were a professional developer, but now are an activist 50% of the time. > selling 30$ videos on how to be anti-racist Is the indictment here that they are a capitalist? My basic point is you seem to really want to dismiss their views you don't like by arguing they aren't credible rather than attacking their ideas.
- olalonde 4y ago> Is the indictment here that they are a capitalist? No and they are actually anti-capitalist according to their Twitter bio. > My basic point is you seem to really want to dismiss their views you don't like by arguing they aren't credible rather than attacking their ideas. The comment I was replying to already did a good job at that, I was just adding some context.