I agree with this... Regards Paul McKenzie Analyst Programmer SMSS Ltd.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt at DBC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "OffTopic DUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Follow Up To Last Post About Software > ChrissyR wrote: > >>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 _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
