Software Engineers cannot afford to not be politicians at some level. Once you let someone run off with the primitives to make a system, there is no taking it back. You are writing the probability space on which policymakers can build whatever nightmarish they're salivating over this week.
I want to emphasize. There is no neutrality from this. The profession is inherently political, and the more you try put your head in the sand and ignore that fact, the more you hand the reins to someone else to make that decision for you.
Software Engineers cannot afford to not be politicians at some level. Once you let someone run off with the primitives to make a system, there is no taking it back. You are writing the probability space on which policymakers can build whatever nightmarish they're salivating over this week.
I want to emphasize. There is no neutrality from this. The profession is inherently political, and the more you try put your head in the sand and ignore that fact, the more you hand the reins to someone else to make that decision for you.