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Coding is a craft. I wouldn't work on something I had moral issues with. There are grey areas for sure, but for me, work for the defense industry or a local gun shop.. nope.. go find someone else.

There will always be someone that doesn't have any moral compass about their work or income. That person is simply not me.

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Do you feel defense contractors should go out of business and that the work they do is immoral? Or is it just not for you?

I don’t know what country you’re from but would you prefer you had no military or weapons or defense? Like it or not there will always be other countries with weapons and they may not always be friendly towards you or your interests.

I wouldn’t want my work to have anything to do with killing people either, but I also think the defense industry (while unfortunate) is probably here to stay, for good reasons too.

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