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Tech workers on the way to work: I wonder why this tram stop is called "Lockheed-Martin". I guess we'll never know!
by jeffbee 22d ago
Tech workers on the way to work: I wonder why this tram stop is called "Lockheed-Martin". I guess we'll never know!
- bluegatty 21d agoBecause there are defence contractors in every major city.
- jeffbee 21d agoOh really you are out here telling us that working on defense is not a unique sin of the software industry?
- bluegatty 21d agoYes, and very obviously so. I'm here to debunk such ridiculous and obviously untrue conspiratorial things. There isn't a shred of reality to support the notion that software is materially different than any other industry, and 'The Silicon Valley' starts with 'Silicon' - and then went through 'Hardware' - it wasn't software dominated until the 1990s. I would go so far to say as Software is less involved than hardware. Defence has almost always been a 'physical' industry and most defence contracts are for gadgets, not software. Obviously - there's a ton of 'intelligence' going on that is software oriented, but they're generally not massive contracts, but bespoke stuff. The NSA is not spending $100B on single procurement. They're relatively small. (FYI - one middle sized defence program is bigger than CIA/FBI/NSA budgets)
- kgen 21d agoReal sv tech workers don't ride the VTA :P