If a bridge collapses it's the /engineer/ that's held accountable. Engineers sign off on things. They are accoutable to the product that they build and those th

If a bridge collapses it's the /engineer/ that's held accountable. Engineers sign off on things. They are accoutable to the product that they build and those that use their product. This guy calls himself a software engineer, so he should accept all the responsibility and accountability that goes with that title. Your gun analogy is not fair and it does not translate well to the actual situation at hand. A gun engineer is not responsible for all the deaths the weapon causes. But said engineer will be very much accountable if the weapon blows up in the wielder's hands during normal use (even though practically this might not be the case due to liability disclaimers and all that). We have case studies where deaths were caused by shit software, where the engineer of that wrote the software is clearly the accountable one.