Re:Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big ...
by eropple on Saturday September 14, 2019 @03:30PM
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> In those situations, your only option is to follow orders.
It is the only option for the morally compromised. The solution is to refuse to be so compromised--and we can do it in this industry.
That's not a "for thee but not for me" judgment; I've left a six-figure deal on the table because the client was scum. It requires some grit but is within (almost) all our grasp--and we would be in a better place as an industry (and as people) were this behavior the norm, not the exception.
It is the only option for the morally compromised. The solution is to refuse to be so compromised--and we can do it in this industry.
That's not a "for thee but not for me" judgment; I've left a six-figure deal on the table because the client was scum. It requires some grit but is within (almost) all our grasp--and we would be in a better place as an industry (and as people) were this behavior the norm, not the exception.