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If there isn't a possibility of someone dying if you make a mistake it isn't engineering.
by ThrowawayTestr 4y ago
If there isn't a possibility of someone dying if you make a mistake it isn't engineering.
- linguae 4y agoSoftware used in medical devices, airplanes, and other applications where mistakes can lead to death does exist, and there has been tragic examples of software bugs killing people: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
- ThrowawayTestr 4y agoThe people that write the software for such things are engineers.
- ruko 4y agowhy
- tester756 4y agobecause?
- teaearlgraycold 4y agoWelcome to the real world, where software can get people killed.
- ThrowawayTestr 4y agoHave you ever written such software?
- inimino 4y agoIf you have full expectation and support from your superiors that you may shut down software development operations for ethical reasons based on your technical expertise, you might be a real engineer.