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kingmudsy  ·  1709 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 24, 2019

Update from last week's moral dilemma: I didn't quit my job, and that project (the one that I felt was unethical) is now out-the-door. I still feel icky about it, but I had a few really good conversations with another guy on my team - neither of us like the application we put together, and we're going to talk to our boss about not accepting similar work / work from these clients in the future. At the end of the day, we need to feel good about the code we're writing.

I'm not in a political or economic position to take a stand like this alone, and I couldn't just leave my job without putting myself through some really tough times. I think we'll be fine, and I don't think I'll ever have to design a predatory product like that again...Or maybe I'm being too optimistic? I don't know. This is what I can do right now, and we're doing well enough as a company to decline work.

As a more general life-update, I have to move out of my apartment this week. It's like the worst parts of cleaning and doing laundry, but turned up to 100 - I've never noticed how much shit I have! I'm throwing a lot of it away, recycling what I can, and gifting out anything with even slight value. I'm going to sleep well when it's all done.