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As any other profession, Software Engineering has its own Code of Ethics. It was developed by the ACM and the IEEE<\/a> to make the software community a good place to be part of and to make standards of ethic and professional development.<\/p>\n

The Code consists in 8 principles:<\/p>\n

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  1. PUBLIC: Developers shall look for the public well-being. Our projects aren\u2019t made for us, developers, to use it, it\u2019s for the rest of the world, and we must give them something worth to spend time on (and money).<\/li>\n
  2. CLIENT AND EMPLOYER: I think the important part of this principle is confidentiality. As workers, we will be asked to work with someone else\u2019s data, and the right thing to do is not to pay interest and mind our own business. But also, it\u2019s possible to be in difficult situations as being asked to work on something illegal or un-ethical, maybe for a big amount of money, who knows. Well, this Code says: Please, decline the offer.<\/li>\n
  3. PRODUCT: Basically, do your best, surprise people with your creation.<\/li>\n
  4. JUDGEMENT: Support the human values and be honest, very simple.<\/li>\n
  5. MANAGEMENT: Developing software isn\u2019t just coding. We must plan, think about the investment, design algorithms, consider the software requirements, the maintenance. There are so many things in the process of developing that we must do to create something amazing!<\/li>\n
  6. PROFESSION: The day we decided to join the journey of software engineering we joined a huge community that has decided to do awesome things to make the world a better place. So, don\u2019t let people to think the otherwise.<\/li>\n
  7. COLLEAGUES: As I said in the previous principle, this community is full of ideas that we must respect and support. Team work makes wonders in this industry.<\/li>\n
  8. SELF: Nobody is perfect, to improve in every aspect of our lives
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    I believe the Public and the Self principles are the most important. Why? Because (a) Public is who is going to enjoy\/hate\/who-knows our projects. We are craftsmen<\/a> of software, just like artists, our art speaks for ourselves. And (b) What can the world give to you that you can\u2019t get for yourself? There\u2019s another world inside our heads and we must have good relationships with that world as well.<\/p>\n

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