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My code probably contributed to the financial crash of 2007/8. Unfortunately, I cannot share much details except that I wrote code that was meant to manage the
by throwawaysntc 9y ago
My code probably contributed to the financial crash of 2007/8.
Unfortunately, I cannot share much details except that I wrote code that was meant to manage the amount of risk that a certain really big financial institution was supposed to take. My code may or may not have shipped after I left that institution. If it did ship, maybe it did not do what it was supposed to do. If it did not ship, maybe it failed to replace the broken system that it was supposed to replace. Either way, months after I left, the head of the institution acknowledged on TV that they were taking on more risk that they intended to.