> However, despite all of that, I can't help but really cringe at the way he handles ethical objections, though I suppose thinking deeply on morality is not a requirement for donning aforementioned Big Boy Engineering Pants.

I mean, if software engineering were _proper_ engineering, then considering ethics would be very much a part of being a proper software engineer. However, in practice (I say this as a 'software engineer'), 'software engineering' is largely marketing for something much less... rigorous than the name implies.