Another Suicidal Software Engineer: The Immigration Dimension

We have recently seen a rather high profile suicide/murder involving another software engineer, Joe Stack, who was furious with the IRS and flew his plane into its Austin TX office. (For his manifesto, click here). I tend to think the problems this man experienced were very real–and even if he didn`t link them with immigration in his mind, they quite likely were. In my technical work, I have had co-workers who really were explosive experts or highly trained former military personnel. I can`t help wondering if we aren`t seeing an unfortunate trend that might inspire copycats–and what that might mean.