Grand jury indicts ex-Madoff programmers

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8 pointsnoarchy2 comments

As a programmer myself, my first reaction to the headline was, "Oh no." Programs are simply tools, and I assumed this story would be similar to indicting axe manufacturers because of the proverbial axe murderer.

However, after reading the story, it appears that these programmers may have been involved in covering up or performing illicit activities. Their trial will determine if they are culpable. Overall, though, it's not something to worry about professionally or as a threat to an industry.

I always have known what my programs did and what they were going to be used for so I find it difficult that these programmer did not. So if your Boss tells you to program something illegal you would have no problem doing so. I would say, OK that's fine but before we start lets discuss this with your Boss, the three of us first. The judge gets to decide on the M. programmers.

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