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I would say to you who would equivocate and dither about lending your skills to a morally and ethically compromised war machine in exchange for a fat paycheck,
by nyargh 7mo ago
I would say to you who would equivocate and dither about lending your skills to a morally and ethically compromised war machine in exchange for a fat paycheck, the same thing that I teach my children:
"Everything and I mean everything can be taken from you except your integrity, only you can give that up"
- kortilla 7mo agoDefense doesn’t pay better than regular tech. The people in defense are doing it because they believe in helping the govt.
- nyargh 7mo agoI would argue those at OpenAI or Anthropic are making considerably more than just "regular tech"
- Shank 7mo agoI used to work in defense, and this is not true either. People work in defense because it is effectively a job where you can never lose your job except for absolute gross misconduct, have a hard-cap of 40 hours a week / 80 hours a pay cycle (commonly leads to people working "9/80 schedules" and taking every other friday off), and generally speaking you have a lot of chances to move around org charts when programs change. A "cushy" job with very low chance of being fired with a stable paycheck is valuable to a lot of people. There are also missions people find valuable, like SBIRS ground, where theoretically real lives are being protected. I know a lot of people who enjoy finding meaning in their work, and there are many programs that bring that level of satisfaction (again, look at things like SBIRS ground).