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I think most people here can relate to being an engineer who is held to other people's unrealistic expectations. Problems happen when there is not a critical ma

I think most people here can relate to being an engineer who is held to other people's unrealistic expectations. Problems happen when there is not a critical mass of individuals to push back on those requirements. It's possible that this project is Uber's last ditch effort at existing, in which case there would be enormous pressure on everyone to make self-driving work at any cost. It was a design decision to disable the car's stock automatic braking feature, for example. It's not that they're stupid, it's that they're putting their morals on the shelf in order to get this to work. At some point you need to have a regulatory body in place that sets standard for safety, otherwise people are going to die.

admax88q 8y ago
> It's possible that this project is Uber's last ditch effort at existing, in which case there would be enormous pressure on everyone to make self-driving work at any cost. If you're an engineer at Uber and you're facing this kind of pressure that's causing you to take safety shortcuts, walk away. Go work somewhere else. Real engineers are responsible for their decisions they can't just defer personal responsibility to management. If you build a bridge you know is unsafe because the company you work for will go under if it doesn't get built, it's still your fault when the bridge fails and kills people. Walk away.