As part of my CS degree I had to take an ethics course specific to developers. I’m glad I had a great professor who covered a lot of potential situations.
I have, more than once, refused to implement a feature or changed a design for ethical reasons. We have a lot of power as developers, we have to hold ourselves (and each other) accountable. I hope that other universities, bootcamps, etc. at least touch on ethics.
// , “It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness... but the monkey is serious because he itches."(No/No)
True indeed. And most of the devs I know don't raise concerns out of some self-righteous narcissism, but out of a sincere (though on rare occasions misguided) desire to deliver a better product.
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As part of my CS degree I had to take an ethics course specific to developers. I’m glad I had a great professor who covered a lot of potential situations.
I have, more than once, refused to implement a feature or changed a design for ethical reasons. We have a lot of power as developers, we have to hold ourselves (and each other) accountable. I hope that other universities, bootcamps, etc. at least touch on ethics.
True indeed. And most of the devs I know don't raise concerns out of some self-righteous narcissism, but out of a sincere (though on rare occasions misguided) desire to deliver a better product.