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Most of the comments below are echoing the statement "jail time for bugs!!!!!" and similar sentiments, and therein lies the problem. "bugs" is a catch all word
by yumraj 8y ago
Most of the comments below are echoing the statement "jail time for bugs!!!!!" and similar sentiments, and therein lies the problem.
"bugs" is a catch all word, it covers everything from a pesky typo in UI to bugs like this, severe security issues, meltdown/spectre, VW bugs, and so and so forth.
Of course no jail time for a typo, but why not a jail time or severe financial and career consequences for severe bugs especially when it can be shown that a bug was caused due to intentional decisions, malicious intents, sloppy testing, rushed product etc. and not due to genuine mistakes - similar to medical malpractices.
Of course lawyers will love it, but it can improve the overall situation.
And yes, I'm a software engineers and do know what I'm talking about.
- walrus1066 8y agoWho would be held responsible? Coder? QA? Code reviewer? PM? person putting pressure on PM?
- yumraj 8y agoDepends... If malicious intent, most likely the business owners, PM or engineering management, but in some cases software engineers. If due to rushed product, certainly the management and not software engineers or QA. and so on.. It depends..