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There are those of us who are "self-taught" who are familiar with Therac-25 and other incidents. Don't think that a college degree somehow magically infuses eng
by vvanders 6y ago
There are those of us who are "self-taught" who are familiar with Therac-25 and other incidents. Don't think that a college degree somehow magically infuses engineers with ethics and judgement.
That comes from a culture of engineering that focuses on learning and continuous improvement, otherwise we'd just be fixed in time the moment we left school.
- Fordec 6y agoI can't speak for other degrees, but mine didn't magically infuse me with ethics. It was the full credited modules solely dedicated to just ethics that aided in that department.
- oarsinsync 6y agoEthics was an elective module in my CS degree. I took it because it seemed easier than some of the more advanced programming courses. 20 years later, I’m glad for the choice I made as a lazy youth.
- pjmlp 6y agoIn countries like Portugal, where Software Engineering is a professional title, just like in other engineering disciplines, ethics is part of universities being allowed to teach the degree and professionals being allowed to call themselves engineers.
- IshKebab 6y agoI think an ethics module is pretty rare in CS/engineering degrees.
- Fordec 6y agoCan you provide data to back up that assertion? Its definitely a hard requirement for European engineering certification anyway