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No, but it'd probably be okay if the pilot flunked their SATs.

I guess the question is: would you rather hire someone with poor SATs and god-tier Leetcoding skills or vice-versa?

You've never met a smart high school student that didn't study? You've also never met someone who became more disciplined later in life?

As a SWE that has only ever worked for an employer or on his own projects, this makes me wonder: how would someone even get such a contract? Did this person already have a consulting business? Do you just call up random hospitals and ask if you can demo an inventory management system for them? Did this person already know people at the hospital? I know technical folks that do independent consulting, but even with a vibecoded product, how is it that anyone can just get such a contract?

Nuseirat in Gaza on 2026 May 8

> I’m glad you finally quit and I hope you never apply for or are offered a job again.

Never is a long time. Do you not think it's possible that this person could end up in a different environment and be very successful as an employee and be a great asset to her employer? Is there a reason you personally wouldn't want this to happen at any point in the future?

An important caveat I would argue is that your fellow citizens' bodily autonomy gives them the right to prevent you from smoking if it would cause them to breath in the toxic, addictive and carcinogenic smoke you would be producing secondhand.

Citation needed

Weed and tobacco smoking are also easy to detect by people who don't want secondhand smoke. And if it were illegal, they could report it.

Taking away smoking still solves the secondhand smoke issue.

A smoking ban could easily be enforced by allowing anyone bothered by secondhand smoke to report it.