Whenever these kinds of things happen, it usually doesn't seem to stem from the engineers themselves, but has far more to do with the organizational culture abo

Whenever these kinds of things happen, it usually doesn't seem to stem from the engineers themselves, but has far more to do with the organizational culture above them in management. I think we especially feel this in software, where people outside of software development have no idea how complex and hard it is to build these big systems and what can go wrong, and have crazy expectations and sell things that aren't possible to other people who also have no idea about software development with crazy expectations. Engineers, no matter how conscientious, can only do so much in the face of business requirements that are often out of touch with reality, where deaths or other problems are often considered a footnote or just another business expense.