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>I'm a huge believer in Personal Integrity and Ethics, but I am painfully aware that this makes me a fairly hated minority This is like when you tell an interv

>I'm a huge believer in Personal Integrity and Ethics, but I am painfully aware that this makes me a fairly hated minority This is like when you tell an interviewer your great flaw is being too much of a perfectionist.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
…and… here we go… I have no idea why the tech industry is such a moral cesspool.
- beezlewax 2y ago
  It isn't though it's not really even one industry. It's used by every industry and some of that is a cesspool and some solutions/products are purely tech based cessools.
- sneak 2y ago
  All industries that involve huge amounts of money are moral cesspools. Tech are saints compared to the “defense” industry, or healthcare.
  - Sakos 2y ago
    Or anything in manufacturing or food/beverage (see Nestle and water rights) production. I think most of tech has it pretty good. Tech has the potential for incredible amounts of bad, but this is limited to the handful that dominate social media (see Facebook and the civil war in Ethiopia) or, I don't know, the ones selling surveillance software to governments and law enforcement.
    - Kim_Bruning 2y ago
      I thought ICT was terrible, so I decided I'd try the industrial side of things. Ok, on the one hand, getting to play with cool robots, and eg using an actual forklift for debugging? Absolutely priceless, wouldn't trade it for the world. But the ethical side of things? There's definitely ethics, don't get me wrong. Especially on the hardware side - necessary for safety after all. But the way software is sold and treated is ... different.
  - pwndByDeath 2y ago
    If you get to see some of the details, defense (US) is expensive but there is very little profit compared to other industry. There is epic amount of inefficiencies which is where all that cost is eaten.
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- tekla 2y ago
  Easy money and generally low education
mwigdahl 2y ago
My response when I'm told that in an interview is to ask specifically how that trait has caused problems for them. Quickly separates someone who's actually put thought into it from someone who is just trying to skate by.
justin_oaks 2y ago
That sounds funny, but being a perfectionist IS actually a problem. You'll often waste time and effort making something perfect when "good enough" is all that's required.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago

…and… here we go… I have no idea why the tech industry is such a moral cesspool.

beezlewax 2y ago
It isn't though it's not really even one industry. It's used by every industry and some of that is a cesspool and some solutions/products are purely tech based cessools.
sneak 2y ago
All industries that involve huge amounts of money are moral cesspools. Tech are saints compared to the “defense” industry, or healthcare.
- Sakos 2y ago
  Or anything in manufacturing or food/beverage (see Nestle and water rights) production. I think most of tech has it pretty good. Tech has the potential for incredible amounts of bad, but this is limited to the handful that dominate social media (see Facebook and the civil war in Ethiopia) or, I don't know, the ones selling surveillance software to governments and law enforcement.
  - Kim_Bruning 2y ago
    I thought ICT was terrible, so I decided I'd try the industrial side of things. Ok, on the one hand, getting to play with cool robots, and eg using an actual forklift for debugging? Absolutely priceless, wouldn't trade it for the world. But the ethical side of things? There's definitely ethics, don't get me wrong. Especially on the hardware side - necessary for safety after all. But the way software is sold and treated is ... different.
- pwndByDeath 2y ago
  If you get to see some of the details, defense (US) is expensive but there is very little profit compared to other industry. There is epic amount of inefficiencies which is where all that cost is eaten.
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tekla 2y ago
Easy money and generally low education

mwigdahl 2y ago

My response when I'm told that in an interview is to ask specifically how that trait has caused problems for them. Quickly separates someone who's actually put thought into it from someone who is just trying to skate by.

justin_oaks 2y ago

That sounds funny, but being a perfectionist IS actually a problem. You'll often waste time and effort making something perfect when "good enough" is all that's required.