[ndriscoll]

At least in the case of engineers, we're talking about highly compensated people. You should have a solid emergency fund put together within a few months of starting your career. From there, it's on you to not put yourself into an economically precarious position. People who are making multiples of the median household don't have food/shelter as an excuse.

Not that it's much of an excuse for everyone else either, but with people in the professional-managerial class it's absurd.

[closewith]

Globally, most software developers are not highly paid and certainly not enough to be above financial pressure.

Becoming a whistleblower or refusing unethical demands can also lead to being blacklisted, as in most industries, loyalty is valued more highly than ethics.

[LadyCailin]

And the more people that buy into that, the worse it gets. That’s why this has to be fought tooth and nail from day one.

[closewith]

If you want to fight corruption and unethical behaviour, start with a just society that doesn't tie a person's value and well-being directly to their income. Otherwise you're fighting incentives and will never win.

[collinmcnulty]

You don’t get to a just society by not fighting corruption. Ask yourself not what “engineers globally” can do, but what you can do. Historically, pressure from the educated middle class has made huge impacts on culture and society.

[closewith]

Corruption is both a systemic and moral problem. You can’t build a just society without confronting corruption and you can’t sustain anti-corruption without reducing inequality.