Ask HN: Do you ever feel disillusioned with tech industry as a whole?

Re:Ask HN: Do you ever feel disillusioned with tech industry... by borplk on Thursday May 25, 2017 @08:53AM (#14416971)

You could also say that the observations that you point out is simply the outcome of economic forces at play.

That degree of professionalism is not rewarded enough. Or the lack of it is not punished.

So from the perspective of a business person, why go chase more burdens when you can hack together some polished turd on top of mostly free tools and sell it for millions?

I guess this is embedded in the last part of the parent comment.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you ever feel disillusioned with tech industry... by open_bear on Thursday May 25, 2017 @11:54AM (#14418068)

What makes it worse is that programmers don't have an ethical code, akin to what engineers and doctors have. CEO says we need to track every user? Sure, boss! Show invasive ads up every user's orifice? Can do! Ship it, who cares if we wipe out some poor bloke's photos.

And as long as programmers have very big salaries (compared to the rest) and are in demand - they have no incentive to organize and fight for their rights and rights to not do unethical things.

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