alt Hacker NewsI have no context of who you are/your position here, but the responses you're getting seem absurd to me.
I just don't understand people placing the blame on you when it should be on your company. Most people in the world are just trying to keep their job - you did it. It wasn't something illegal, it was something that if you didn't do, you would have risked your job and then someone else would have done it anyway.
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forgetfreeman • yesterday at 8:59 PM
"I was just following orders" is not, and has never been, a credible defense of unethical behavior.
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atonse • yesterday at 8:56 PM
Exactly. Those low quality comments are an example of the sad erosion of quality of comments on HN that I and others have complained about in recent times.
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Because the difference between what he's done and, say, the practice of the people who peddled opioids for a paycheck is one of degree, not kind.