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What is your alternative? Should we do nothing instead? Should all SWEs quit because they can't stop writing security bugs?
by beardedwizard 4y ago
What is your alternative? Should we do nothing instead? Should all SWEs quit because they can't stop writing security bugs?
- dogecoinbase 4y agoI don't have a specific alternative, but I think that if it's not possible to be effective in a role, one should decline it. It's possible to be an effective SWE while still writing (and hopefully also sometimes fixing) bugs.
- beardedwizard 4y agoOne could argue the security industry exists because of the failings of computer science. Maybe swes should start facing legal liability for thier failings like most other engineering disciplines. We would see this problem change overnight.
- Tostino 4y agoBy productivity going completely down the drain.
- beardedwizard 4y agothat is not happening in commercial engineering though is it?
- lamontcg 4y agoShould doctors quit and find another field because people keep on breaking their legs?
- mango7283 4y agoIf doctors not only had to treat broken legs but also somehow prevent people breaking them in the first place...