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GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

all computer jobs are unethical, but some computer jobs are more unethical than others. do you write guidance systems for missiles? do you replace lower-class workers with robots? do you create murder simulators that corrupt our youth?

tell me about your computer job ethics, YOSPOS.

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PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002
where is the downvote button??????

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
i wish my comptuer job was to gas threads and ban ops, OP

specifically this thread and you

Podima
Nov 4, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
:gas:

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

our product is v expensive, op

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

I grease the wheels of capitalism

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
my computer goes faster than other computers because it cheats

all interconnects are doped fiber

BooLoo
Oct 18, 2010

SLAM TIME
amazon made noises about using our software a little while back. i felt bad because they suck but nothing ever came of it so oh well.

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

i will contribute: our product helps people save money :-)

corporations are people, friend

and people are money.

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug
my computer job focuses on genociding the white male race

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

DEHUMANIZE  YOURSELF  &  FACE  TO  BLACULA
i mostly use my computer to write about business and finance, op, so I would say it's very unethical

Elder Postsman
Aug 30, 2000


i used hot bot to search for "teens"

my computer job is extremely ethical. we keep people healthy.

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

the gamecube controller was cool

exe cummings
Jan 22, 2005

i work for a monopolistic middle-man, but it's better than my last job which was writing nuclear missile planning software

BANME.sh
Jan 23, 2008

What is this??
Are you some kind of hypnotist??
Grimey Drawer
i work for an seo company so pretty unethical

shitface
Nov 23, 2006

our biggest customers worldwide are governmental, military, banking and automotive. we are literally killing the planet

Kuvo
Oct 27, 2008

Blame it on the misfortune of your bark!
Fun Shoe

qirex posted:

I grease the wheels of capitalism

Mr. Apollo
Nov 8, 2000

i use my computer to do investment banking and corporate finance stuff so its really bad

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
when i go to lunch at my computer job i just ignore the panhandlers at the corners of the streets and never tip them

Elder Postsman
Aug 30, 2000


i used hot bot to search for "teens"

Sniep posted:

when i go to lunch at my computer job i just ignore the panhandlers at the corners of the streets and never tip them

same, last summer one called me and my friends a "bunch of faggots" because we didn't give him anything. lol.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


My computer medical job is very ethical. These hands heal.

obstipator
Nov 8, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
i write software and get paid for it

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

i have been told that our product is part of the software stack that runs the nyse, so unethical as hell lmao

distortion park
Apr 25, 2011


on the one hand we sell to financial services, which some might say is bad. on the other hand our product doesn't work and provides negative value, so I'd say on balance we are good

Squeezy Farm
Jun 16, 2009
I'm a UX designer for military drones and on the side I do some backend dev for PornHub.

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

PuTTY riot posted:

where is the downvote button??????

:yeah:

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
I'm an SJW

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

Squeezy Farm posted:

I'm a UX designer for military drones and on the side I do some backend dev for PornHub.

that balances out. pro strat

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
I use only ethically sourced electrons in my code

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




I use a computer at work.

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

I use a computer at work.

to murder cows

Peanut and the Gang
Aug 24, 2009

by exmarx
I write code that causes the BP oil spill and fracking and the Exxon oil spill and the melting of the icecaps and the BP oil spill v2 (scheduled for mid-2017)

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
i janitor computers for a real rear end in a top hat company. i'm desperately hoping i get picked up by another place within the next month or so. if that happens i'm going to be seriously tempted to just walk the gently caress out and have a nice unpaid vacation.

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

DEHUMANIZE  YOURSELF  &  FACE  TO  BLACULA

Mr. Apollo posted:

i use my computer to do investment banking and corporate finance stuff so its really bad

can i have a job

not trolling i swear. i promise i won't mention the internet irl

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Blackula69 posted:

can i have a job

not trolling i swear. i promise i won't mention the internet irl

we have a whole content team that does UI writing, training guides and customer communication and I assume there's finance companies in canada that need the same thing so idk talk to RBC?

Tiny Bug Child
Sep 11, 2004

Avoid Symmetry, Allow Complexity, Introduce Terror
we operate sites that get people to pay 40 bucks a month for lovely porn videos and sites that use javascript chatbots to get desperate dudes to sign up for dating sites where there are literally 0 real women

programming is way more fun when it feels like you're working against the customer instead of for them. i'm not sure how anyone puts up with regular jobs

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
I want a computer job

any job will do

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

fintech, the best choice for an even level of ethics in computer jobs :getin:

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

Tiny Bug Child posted:

programming is way more fun when it feels like you're working against the customer instead of for them. i'm not sure how anyone puts up with regular jobs

profound wisdom right here

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Peanut and the Gang
Aug 24, 2009

by exmarx

Tiny Bug Child posted:

programming is way more fun when it feels like you're working against the customer instead of for them. i'm not sure how anyone puts up with regular jobs

Lol

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