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> So the solution here would be a fine that is also affecting the developer. I'm not sure that's the right thing here. You'd end up with some poor junior dev g
by remus 5y ago
> So the solution here would be a fine that is also affecting the developer.
I'm not sure that's the right thing here. You'd end up with some poor junior dev getting punished for what is essentially a decision by their boss.
- alkonaut 5y agoBy “developer” I mean the firm employing the developer, not the individual. A contractor company for example.
- 29083011397778 5y agoI think that just leaves everyone with an incentive to keep it quiet. A monetary reward for the reporting dev and a fine for the person authorizing the build puts incentives in the right place, IMO.
- deepsun 5y agoWhat if a poor junior engineer built a bad bridge and people died?
- onionisafruit 5y agoThe liability is on the licensed engineer who signed off on it.
- remus 5y agoThe engineer is part of a larger system though, and imo it's the fault of the system if a mistake from a single junior engineer can cause deaths.
- allo37 5y agoI was waiting for someone to make this point; It's funny how in other engineering disciplines there are clear repercussions for designing something that breaks the law, but software engineers are somehow exempt. "The client didn't want to pay for a GFI so it's not my fault he got electrocuted ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
- pjmlp 5y agoWe aren't except from it on countries where software engineering is a proper professional title and there is a named signed on some contract. However a large amount of dark patterns aren't legally forbidden anyway.
- deepsun 5y agoWow, I didn't know such software professional titles exist, I thought it's the same in all countries. Could you share the countries list please?
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