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> If FB goes down, people waste less time online, if a guidance system fails people may die. Goes down yes, but what about a data breach? What if, for example,
by willcipriano 6y ago
> If FB goes down, people waste less time online, if a guidance system fails people may die.
Goes down yes, but what about a data breach? What if, for example, the location of a woman is mistakenly exposed to a abusive partner?
In my view the distinction between a senior software engineer and not is the ability to see how both human and software systems interact and find failure modes that others may miss.
- RandoHolmes 6y agoYou know you're in a bad spot when you start arguing that a website has as much potential for bad results as a weapons system. by definition it's not true, and any sequence of thoughts that lead you to that conclusion are wrong, period.