I work in the Gambling industry, which means that bugs might cost people actual money, and in some cases, might mean an addict starts down a rather nasty spiral. I've worked in this industry for close to two decades now.
As a result, I make it my responsibility to think about the reason for code changes, and make an ethical decision before I allow anyone on the team to entertain feature requests. As an example there, one of our designers proposed a way to make it harder to cancel your account - I flat out rejected that.
We have stakeholders to please, I get that, but there's no reason that pleasure should come at the misfortune of one single other human being.
I'm also a Dev Manager, so I'm ethically responsible for those under me as well, especially at the moment with the covid situation. I've told my employees that I'm not interested in them coming back to the office until next April at the earliest. But even that comes with things that I need to watch for, help them through, etc.
Who knew this "adult" thing would be so damn troublesome...
We have stakeholders to please, I get that, but there's no reason that pleasure should come at the misfortune of one single other human being.
Definitely, this is so important to keep in mind. I really appreciate your perspective as someone who has been working in the industry for a while. Thank you for sharing!
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Oh my, a topic so close to my heart.
I work in the Gambling industry, which means that bugs might cost people actual money, and in some cases, might mean an addict starts down a rather nasty spiral. I've worked in this industry for close to two decades now.
As a result, I make it my responsibility to think about the reason for code changes, and make an ethical decision before I allow anyone on the team to entertain feature requests. As an example there, one of our designers proposed a way to make it harder to cancel your account - I flat out rejected that.
We have stakeholders to please, I get that, but there's no reason that pleasure should come at the misfortune of one single other human being.
I'm also a Dev Manager, so I'm ethically responsible for those under me as well, especially at the moment with the covid situation. I've told my employees that I'm not interested in them coming back to the office until next April at the earliest. But even that comes with things that I need to watch for, help them through, etc.
Who knew this "adult" thing would be so damn troublesome...
Definitely, this is so important to keep in mind. I really appreciate your perspective as someone who has been working in the industry for a while. Thank you for sharing!