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Maybe we need to be more creative and do things like picket PRs!

Are any software engineers out there part of a union? I find it strange that I have never heard of unionising in my 15 years as a professional software engineer. I'm concerned that…

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out!

Thanks. I wasn't thinking of a total reskill, just starting to move in the right direction like you suggest. I'm just a bit concerned that the specific world of C#/Azure/Microservi…

Thanks for sharing. I understand your hesistancy to post this, however, I feel that a lot of people share your position, so it's very useful to add it to the discussion. I certainl…

This is great answer, thanks. I'm also in the UK and I'll take a look. I agree that the services that can be built for the government can be apolitical. I know that during the pand…

Oil & gas industries have been aware of our path towards climite change for decades and have actively worked to suppress and discredit the science. They use their wealth to lobby a…

I won't comment on Ukraine specifically, however, the military industrial complexes of Western countries aggressively lobby for forever wars so that they can profit endlessly.

I have been trying to avoid this as it would have a negative impact on the work-life balance that I have fought for, however, it could end up being the only way!

Yes, I often think of a lot of the enterprise work that I have been doing as just greasing the wheels of capitalism. More and more people must be becoming aware that the economy is…

Throughout my career I have tried my best to avoid work in industries that I consider as doing harm, e.g. oil & gas, defence and financial services companies like JP Morgan that ha…