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It is a thing for software engineering students at University of Waterloo. They take physics and chemistry courses and learn all about safety and various standa
by chongli 5y ago
It is a thing for software engineering students at University of Waterloo. They take physics and chemistry courses and learn all about safety and various standards. They write exams and at the end they become licensed professional engineers with iron rings.
- exdsq 5y agoBut there are very few software projects that have this level of rigor that I'm aware of, right? I've not heard of a project where a software engineer has had to sign off on it like a civil engineer signs off a bridge. Maybe they exist! But I've worked on critical systems and yet to see this in practice.
- chongli 5y agoI think you’re right. However, I do know that CSPE [1] is trying to change this. It’s a bit of an uphill battle for them, though. Ideally (for them) there would be new laws in place mandating professionally certified software engineers signing off on projects. Having said that, it would probably take a bunch of high profile disasters to move the needle on the issue, politically speaking.