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I mean working somewhere like Qualcomm or Microsoft when you care about FOSS, democracy, and the public commons, or a weapons manufacturer for a military that invades other countries and kills innocent people in their homes.

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[โ€“] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You don't. Stand up for your ethics and morals and leave.

One of the best paying jobs I ever had, directly asked me to perform work that would have have damaged a customers home. When I layed out exactly how and why this was wrong and why I wouldn't do it, they insisted I do as I was told or be fired.

I walked off the site and never looked back.

I ran into that old boss a while later and he told me he later realized I was right, but insisted I still should have done as I was told because he was above me and had given me direct instructions...

Sometimes you just can't work with people and have to move on.

Thats absolutely rich well not everyone is as privileged, most of us are easily replaceable cogs in the machine.