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Following your line of reasoning, wouldn't the supposedly better engineers build more safe planes, relegating the poor dunces to only validating the designs fro
by cabaalis 8y ago
Following your line of reasoning, wouldn't the supposedly better engineers build more safe planes, relegating the poor dunces to only validating the designs from their intellectual superiors? In your hypothetical, they aren't paying more for safety dodgers.
- eruci 8y agoBuilding a plane is a more challenging task than testing it. As a developer, I can say the same about writing software. Yet, my software is not likely to kill people and comes with no warranties whatsoever. In this scenario, we should make sure the test engineers are even more competent than design engineers. We can't rely on designers to thoroughly test what they build.
- BFLpL0QNek 8y agoEven smart engineers ultimately have a product manager who makes the call. Many times before I've been on projects where the team said we should not do something in a particular way only for a product manager or their superior to say no, we'll do this as it aligns with company goals or "we'll come back and fix it later". Then you either have to put up and do it or you'll be strategically moved elsewhere or be managed out of the job.