I taught "Ethics and Professionalism" to computing degree students in 2002 and know the problems and the "justifications". But in the end, if an employer asked you to rob the bank and told you that you would lose your job if you didn't, what wuold be your decision?
Today - with $1.45 in available cash and no food in the house - ummmm where was that bank?
*Strewth*
Screw anonymity, take the $5k.
They put you in a situation of having to choose between you or them and expect you to look after them? What are you their mama? Do they want you to wipe their tears when the mean men take the software away, too?
(Yeah, I actually do appreciate that its not actually that easy - that you'd probably have to see some of the staff around town and I'm guessing you could lose a friend or two, but still...)
I know you can't eat it, but it seems you've just earned a lot of respect round here - I don't have any say in hiring (and damn, if I was I'd have an offer your way pretty damn smartly), but there *are* still places where your honesty is reason enough for hiring. To be perfectly francis, speaking purely from a code-cutting perspective, I could really give a toss about ethics (as in eg, they put you in a situation where you have $5k by doing one thing and going hungry doing another, is to me a financial rather than ethical question), but honesty is one of *the* most important attributes. (WTF? It's hardcoded? No wonder you finished that job in a week! Does anyone else know this? So the junior dev. has to fix it? By tomorrow?)
Anyway, don't let this go by without getting a paragraph or 2 from someone (esp. with a fancy title - any Business Development Managers or Senior Architects listening?) to go on your CV / contracting material.
Cheers, Kurt. _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
