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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by SwiftyBug on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:40PM (#23852332)
What exactly is Facebook's "mission"? Would I be screened in if I firmly believed in invading people's privacies?
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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by pb7 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:34PM (#23853145)
That depends. Is an ICE vehicle manufacturer's mission to pollute the Earth's air or is it to make safe, comfortable, and affordable transportation?
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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by tchaffee on Thursday July 16, 2020 @05:45AM (#23857328)
Safe? Air pollution has been estimated to kill about 200,000 Americans per year.

With the recent VW scandal of modifying software to cheat at pollution tests we can eliminate safe in for that company.

Anyone remember when Ford accountants calculated that a Pinto defect in which people would burn to death would be more expensive to fix than the lawsuits so they decided to not recall the car?

"Profit from selling cars" would be a much more honest mission statement for most of them.

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