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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by seniorivn on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:49AM (#26726639)
there is a chance you are going to have access to valuable information of competing companies, that would put you in position of power over them, and is a clear conflict of interests.

So it's like a lawyer serving opposing parties in court, nobody's asking why it's impossible

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by amw on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @12:17PM (#26727049)
That's only true in that particular hypothetical. There are a lot of possible circumstances without such a clear conflict of interest.

Also, in the lawyer example, someone's freedom or livelihood is on the line. In the company example, it's a company's profits, which has a much less clear relationship to either of those two things, especially in today's world of 250:1 salary ratios.

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