Oh hey this is one of the reasons I don't speak to my parents. That genocide paid for 300h therapy and a nursing degree.

You think that's bad, how about using your law degree to lobby on behalf of oligarchs.

That definitely puts them at the bottom with fraud and treachery. While working for a defense contractor merely falls under wrath and avarice, a slightly less severe circle of hell.

"defense" industry when it's about turning children into ash

You can fantasize about imaginary punishment realms and guillotine.webp or you could punish them while they yet live and learn some carpentry skills.

One of my cousins worked for Raytheon right out of college. He didn’t last long there though. My aunt and uncle are conservative and he lived in a conservative area, so I imagine he went in with a positive view of the defense sector and then soured on it when he saw what was actually being done. All of those cousins were mad at their parents when they voted for Trump, and he attempted to block Fox News from the tv when he moved back in with them

Well someone has never read the bible.

I keep saying to myself, at least I am not in "defence" or AI. Pay is bad, career is practically impossible, and positive impact on the world is near zero, but at least I am not making things worse with my day job.

Are retail (grocery) laborers that serve defense contractors culpable? Punching down at laborers seems counter-revolutionary.

Hey man, the bay area had too many salad restaurants and wanted me to live in a condo. I just want to live in a single family home, run air conditioning 24/7, and eat from drive thru restaurants, while shopping at Walmart. The system works for some.

/s

used to work with someone that designed the circuits in missiles. he couldn't do it anymore and left the field.

I swear I thought the drone guiding system would only be used for small drones used to film YouTube videos.

I once worked for a defense contractor as a programmer. 😬

...but I didn't have a degree yet (it was an internship while I was still in college) so it's fine, right? 😅

I had occasion to freshen up my resume recently and did some research on said defense contractor. They'd changed their name (is that an oddly-common practice among defense contractors?) and pivoted into "agentic AI" bullshit for the private sector. It's good that I never sought a full time position there.

These micro plastics aren't gunna make themselves

Psh, just spec into a religion that doesn't have a hell 😎💰

We had an intern at a previous employer who worked with us for two summers. Last I spoke to him, he was gonna go work for weapons company. I told him that was a morally terrible decision. As far as I know, he went there and might be making a lot of money. No respect from me if that happened.

Jokes. It’s the only way you can make a living from your engineering degree.

The world would be a much better place if only our enemies had any weapons.

Be a liability, not a asset.