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For some reason in my university almost every CS class would start with an anecdote about the Therac 25, Ariane V, and/or a couple others as a motivation on why
by tinco 6y ago
For some reason in my university almost every CS class would start with an anecdote about the Therac 25, Ariane V, and/or a couple others as a motivation on why we the class existed. It was sort of a meme.
The lessons are definitely still taught, I don't know if they're actually learned of course.. And who knows who actually taught the 737-Max software devs, I don't suppose they're fresh out of uni.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoDo management typical typically study Computer Science?
- tinco 6y agoTypically yes actually, the director of engineering should always be an engineer. Of course, these are hardware companies so it would probably be some kind of hardware engineer.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoShould. Sure.
- _heimdall 6y agoUnfortunately most people become a manager by bring a stellar independent contributor. People management and engineering are very different skills, I'm always impressed when I see someone make that jump smoothly. I always wanted companies to hire people managers as its own career path. An engineer can be an excellent technical lead or architect, but it can feel like you started over once you're responsible for the employees, their growth, and their career path.
- thatfunkymunki 6y agoYeah, it just sucks that you eventually have someone making significant people management decisions without the technical knowledge of what the consequences could end up being. This would be even worse if you had people manager hiring be completely decoupled. The US military works this way and I have to say it's not the best mode.