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I'm pretty sure less people would be rushing into the software engineer profession if they knew it came with the liabilities you described. That would drive up

by vtange 9y ago

I'm pretty sure less people would be rushing into the software engineer profession if they knew it came with the liabilities you described. That would drive up the prices of engineers.. and I'm pretty sure the industry in general doesn't want that. Maybe that's why the free pass mentality exists

emodendroket 9y ago
Or maybe the "free pass mentality" exists because development doesn't happen in a vacuum and errors don't necessarily find their way into programs because the programmers are stupid or careless.