Unfortunately, I bet these guys don’t care. I used to work at a company you might have products from and I would constantly hear “Hey, we’re a business” as an excuse to degrade the user experience. :(
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RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Imagine being the guy working on this and how much you hate yourself anytime somebody asks you what you are working on.
jg1i@lemmy.world 7 months ago
RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I remember having an argument with my teacher in college about this. He asked us what we would do if we were asked to code something that could be used for things you personally don’t agree with such as the government using tools to “help” but also remove peoples privacy. Or corporations being able to show you more ads. I told him i would refuse. And he said that it would be my job though and sometimes you have to do things you don’t like. So i told him i would quit. And for some reason he could not really comprehend that and we got into an argument.
archomrade@midwest.social 7 months ago
You were talking to a teacher who probably couldn’t afford to pay rent if he ever quit his job.
acr515@lemmy.world 7 months ago
To be fair, most people I know don’t have the financial flexibility to quit their job if they’re asked by their boss to do something objectionable
TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“Yeah, I know it’s shitty, but it pays the bills 🤷🏻♂️”
datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We had to listen this C-level guy give a speech how good the last couple of years have been. We’ve increased the price of services by 50% and the amount of useless upsell shit we push to people has gone up as well. While our wages are still the same and people are getting laid off constantly. But I need food and shit.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Some people also have no qualms in doing the dirty job. They get paid and they don’t care.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
I knew a guy who went to work for palantir. I asked "what if you end up working on like domestic spying or other sketchy stuff?’
He was like, shrug, iunno. Guy did not give a shit about anyone outside his immediate friend and family group.
Kalysta@lemm.ee 7 months ago
And when it turns out the thing he made is used to hurt his friends?
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
I’m going to guess he values himself more than his friends, and he’d find justifications, but maybe he’d surprise me.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
I recall watching a defcon speech given by someone who used to make malware. He opened the speech by apologizing and saying that he knows that he will burn in hell.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Even worse: Imagine being the guy working on this and being proud of yourself.
GustavoFring@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think the former situation is worse for the person working on it.