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Re:Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around by tloup on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:32AM (#31569253)
As a software dev I agree, and I've worked on some products I'd deem as a net positive to society. But there is just so much shit software out there.

As a German I wonder what the people where thinking programming VWs TDI system to activate emission controls only during testing, was it worth it? Polluting the environment and peoples lungs for a bit of money? It's not like dev jobs are a rarity in Germany. And yes I'm judgemental about this. And don't get me started on the things that are legal and still a detriment to society.

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Re:Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around by selimthegrim on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:56AM (#31570246)
What were the execs that put a bunch of monkeys in an exhaust gas chamber to prove it was “clean diesel” thinking? Or the ones who signed off on the “Green Police” ad?
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