i'll never forget my programming teacher who was like a senior dev at IBM and decided he was done writing missile guidance software

when he was telling us this he said "i just woke up one morning and it struck me that i was a murderer. so i quit." https://twitter.com/futurism/status/1314585666538397696

i don't remember what it was exactly that he said after that but he explained to us the value of considering the ethics of the software you're writing prior to writing it, and it was one of the most impactful things i ever learned in school, period

the industry needed more teachers like him and it never got them

there are some poignant stories downthread and you should read them