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Wait what? You don't hire people from Microsoft? Let's say I get Facebook (I don't really) but what's wrong with Microsoft?

How about people who eat meat? Or vote for the other party - the one you don't like? Are you trying to hire people who are morally compatible with you on every single question? That's gonna be rough hiring.

Even the weapons industry is a tough one. The knee jerk reaction says it's immoral to work for them. But after contemplating - if the U.S (or Europe, or anyone else) doesn't have an advanced military it will be taken over by its enemies (Chinese, Russians etc). Yes, the fact that "they" build their own militaries for the exact same reason is tragic. But if the U.S just dismantled it's arms industries what do you think would happen in a few decades?

The thought of any military being advanced due to Microsoft’s help made me giggle.

My opinion is that the best you can do is to hire people with a similar set of core values and there’s nothing wrong with everybody having their own ethical scale that they act upon accordingly.

The US military runs on Microsoft. The slides that Snowden leaked were PowerPoints.

It also runs on Intel and probably gets some supplies from Europe. It's pretty insane to boycott any company that indirectly works with the U.S military.

Microsoft doesn't work indirectly. Neither does Amazon.

They most likely run on Microsoft because almost everyone knows how to use the operating system.

> My opinion is that the best you can do is to hire people with a similar set of core values

Not working with people who worked at Microsoft is a huge inflation of the concept "core values". There are terrific people who work for Microsoft who are far better than you or I (statistically it must be true), yet they are somehow not good enough to pass your "core values". Which are what exactly?

Also - would you be as liberal for the opposite discrimination? Someone who thinks progressive politics should be banned in his company?

Don't conflate NSO with a disciplined military.

If you're looking for an analog try Xe/Blackwater/Academi/whatever it's now called.

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