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Note to engineers: managers will throw you under the bus as they see fit.
by bitL 9y ago
Note to engineers: managers will throw you under the bus as they see fit.
- Etheryte 9y agoIf you don't have the time to read the actual article, read the other comments - the managers are also facing jail-time. Also, this guy wasn't a regular engineer, he's also an executive, the title is misleading.
- sqeaky 9y agoThis was was an executive per the article.
- bitL 9y agoThat's an interesting definition of "executive". I guess journalism these days can make an exec out of anyone - can't wait to read about e.g. a toilet cleaning executive.
- maxerickson 9y agoIn another article his role is described as "head of the Diesel Competence unit in the U.S." Maybe not directly comparable to a janitor.
- bitL 9y agoIt was a hyperbole; anyway, his current position is irrelevant, important is what positions he held while developing this software (which was deployed for many years). Article mentions "Liang is still employed by Volkswagen but no longer works as an engineer".
- maxerickson 9y agoThe article I got that from was from when he entered his plea, I'm pretty sure it is describing the role he had that was related to the charges. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-09/veteran-vw-engineer-is-first-charged-in-u-s-in-emissions-scandal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-09/veteran-v...
- bitL 9y agoI remember when this erupted first; VW management immediately started talking about "rogue engineers" adding such a functionality and promised punishing them. There was uproar over it here on HN if you look back.