by msantos on 2/27/22, 9:22 PM with 18 comments
by zajio1am on 2/27/22, 10:35 PM
by ganeshkrishnan on 2/27/22, 9:37 PM
I suspect everyone is trying to one up everyone else and show their "patriotic duty" by punishing Russia. The propaganda and rabid "i got you" displays far exceeds the post 9/11 drum beats.
Don't bring politics into Tech. There is a time and there is a place. This is not the time and this is not the place. If it was, then similar punishment should have been handed out for destroying Syria,Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Vietnam....
by thrwwyflttr on 2/27/22, 10:07 PM
To me, it feels like we think that we can stop the war by punishing some a Russian developer team. Oh, the war didn't stop? It's just you didn't bully and fire enough Russian developers.
I work in an international team, many of us from countries that were either in war or whose leader made some controversial decisions. I'd be appalled if my team mate was fired "because Iran is bad". Let's fire this Polish guy because "abortion is still illegal in Poland, and if he disagrees with that, he should have protested harder".
Unless you are a highly ranked government official or one of the top oligarchs, you have not much say in any of these wars. I'd not like to be judged by the laws and actions my president or prime minister takes. I have zero control over what they do. Trust me, Putin is not trying to invade Ukraine because this software testing company gave their blessing to it.
Also. The hypocrisy... coming from a US company. How many countries is the US bombing now? Most of us probably don't even know, because the narrative is that it's good bombing and necessary to spread democracy or whatever. Maybe Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen?
by hnthrowaway0315 on 2/28/22, 3:34 AM
A slightly better solution is to terminate the contract but offer work permits to some of the engineers.
by Mikeb85 on 2/27/22, 11:38 PM
by markus_zhang on 2/28/22, 3:43 AM