> It was an exercise in accomplishing a task by thinking outside the box and getting it done by whatever means necessary This seems like a very problematic men

> It was an exercise in accomplishing a task by thinking outside the box and getting it done by whatever means necessary This seems like a very problematic mentality to cultivate, and seems like an explanatory factor when looking at the abysmal state of ethical thinking in tech. It seems like a repackaging of “the ends justify the means”. It also highlights how twisted the notion of academic progress has become, and is a behavior that misses the forest for the trees: thinking that a superior score is in itself worth more than the cultivation of intellectual honesty and a miscalculation about how much these scores actually matter the moment one transitions to the job market. When one employs these tactics in the workplace, they become a strong signal regarding one’s integrity and ethical center.