I think you've massively devalued an entire people based on the actions of their government...
Let's not forget the great value and results of CS education in the US:
- spying for pretty much everybody, regardless of location
- drone guidance systems to kill people unlawfully
- missile systems for air strikes on countries purported to have WMDs
- millions of $ spent on silly apps that arguably do nothing to improve quality of life, whilst millions suffer and die of starvation
Do you really know enough about North Korea's tech community to say that "More likely, these students will go on to make software for less-than-ethical purposes"?
Given it spends around a third of its GDP on military activities, and is a thoroughly planned economy it seems a relatively straightforward inference to make.
Yes but the discussion was about whether you could assume a DPRK computer science grad would go into military (or associated work). Using military spending as a % of GDP as a rough yardstick does suggest that the number of DPRK citizens involved in military activity is very high.
Especially as each comp sci grad probably has greater potential to contribute to GDP than say your average farm labourer.
Let's not forget the great value and results of CS education in the US:
- spying for pretty much everybody, regardless of location
- drone guidance systems to kill people unlawfully
- missile systems for air strikes on countries purported to have WMDs
- millions of $ spent on silly apps that arguably do nothing to improve quality of life, whilst millions suffer and die of starvation
Do you really know enough about North Korea's tech community to say that "More likely, these students will go on to make software for less-than-ethical purposes"?