Saturday, September 30, 2017

Ethics in Software

Software Developers, like everyone else - tiptoe carefully around this issue, instead of tackling it head on.

They like to think of themselves, as making software better and better - and in many ways they are.

But they are also employees of the company they work for - companies that profess the highest standards (of course) but in practice, are not interested in standards at all. I have watched in amazement, as these mediocre developers waste their time producing worthless software.

The best developers, by contrast, will only be interested in working on things they are interested in. And if their present job does not do this - they will move to one that does - one that makes their skills better, and their software better.

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