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The people who developed the software for this ought to become outcasts from the profession, refused invitations to conferences, excluded from unions and so on.
by cess11 1y ago
The people who developed the software for this ought to become outcasts from the profession, refused invitations to conferences, excluded from unions and so on.
- delusional 1y agoLOL. We're on hackernews. This sort of stuff is basically the bread and butter of this venture capital funded website.
- soared 1y agoNot far off https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tovala https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tovala A SMART-OVEN-PAIRED SUBSCRIPTION MEAL SERVICE.
- ryandrake 1y agoYea, one thing I've learned--if you ever even suggest that software engineers should be held responsible for writing harmful software or working on unethical projects, you're going to get downvoted so fast your head will spin. HN commenters will happily build the Torment Nexus as long as the JIRA ticket is filled out correctly and they have clear requirements.
- wiseowise 1y agoJust ten more tickets and I can retire safely, it’s supposed to be “the next guy’s problem.” So long, suckers!
- cess11 1y agoSounds like the right place to voice this suggestion. If I only did it where everyone agrees with me it'd be a waste of time, of which none of us have very much.
- add-sub-mul-div 1y agoBuddy, you're on the wrong web site! I was guilty of it myself at times during my career, but luckily I was able to retire just before things started to get unavoidably shitty.