Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon

Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by philwelch on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:56PM (#16878916)

The majority of people on either side also probably recognize that signing your name to an open letter opposing your employer’s policies and decisions is a career-limiting move.

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by oh_sigh on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:00PM (#16878968)

I really doubt that at google.

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by philwelch on Thursday April 19, 2018 @06:48PM (#16880844)

Google literally fired someone for that, so...

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by oh_sigh on Thursday April 19, 2018 @07:06PM (#16880938)

I'm speaking specifically about this situation, not about signing open letters in general. And James wasn't fired for signing a letter, he was fired for writing it in the first place.

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by philwelch on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:52PM (#16881831)

But then he signed his name to it. Although, yes, you are technically correct.

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