Re: Skip filing patents
When I first met Comp Sci students socially, I was surprised and un-impressed by their demand that all Intellectual Property belongs the programmer, and their readiness to break laws and contracts achieve that end.
I was an engineering student at the time, and came from an engineering background. The engineers I knew, and the engineering students I met, did not have that expectation: they understood and accepted that IP belonged to the employer, and that learning came with the job. That is, they regarded engineering as a shared enterprise, built on the shoulders of giants, dedicated to the common welfare, and funded by contractual obligations.
If that seems like some kind of religious holiness, all I can say is that the attitude of the comp sci students seemed like some kind of self-righteous asshole criminality.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
