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One of the more infamous classes in Computer Science at Cal Poly SLO is "Professional Responsibilities", is taught by Dr. Clark Turner. The class delves into Therac-25, and similar cases that have happened since. I found the class really interesting because it does make you question and think about the ethics of what you are building and what others have built.

Knowing about, and thinking about, the ACM Code of Ethics, Stuxnet, Therac-25, the Windows Security Patch Policy, and other problems our programming culture have come across is important. Realizing that the code we write can affect people in both positive and negative ways on a long and short term scale is something that can change both your product and how you build a product.