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by matthewfcarlson 2373 days ago
More of an embedded/firmware engineer who happens to also be a web developer, I had a rule that I wouldn't make anything that directly killed people. I had many friends go work at various defense companies designing missile control systems. That said, their stories about the challenges and what sort of places they went were fascinating. I'm glad someone did it. I'm just glad it wasn't me.
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I was in the process of being hired to work on tech like that last year. The technical challenges and constraints were so exciting, but I couldn’t get past my moral and ethical problems with writing software that kills people, so I ended up turning down the offer