11 years ago I worked as a developer in the ER department of a hospital near Seattle. During my first two weeks I noticed that many of the workstations in the d

11 years ago I worked as a developer in the ER department of a hospital near Seattle. During my first two weeks I noticed that many of the workstations in the department were compromised (even though they had antivirus software). I was 18 at the time and figured the best way to start a dialogue about the problem was to email one of the mailing lists that showed up in Outlook when I started typing "IT". Unfortunately it was a list of IT vice presidents who now wanted to know why their direct reports had no idea that there were issues with malware or viruses. Those direct reports in turn wanted my head; I quit soon after because it became so uncomfortable. I learned a valuable lesson, though: don't work for companies that would rather save face than know about serious issues. I've also tried to be slightly more tactful since then. :P