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That's a totally unrelated argument. Plenty of "real" engineers work on weapons systems. Architects work on ultra luxury skyscrapers for Saudi businessmen. Civi
by marcellus23 4y ago
That's a totally unrelated argument. Plenty of "real" engineers work on weapons systems. Architects work on ultra luxury skyscrapers for Saudi businessmen. Civil engineers work on new highways that destroy poor neighborhoods. No one is talking about ethics here.
- vimax 4y agoHow is it unrelated if we’re talking about software engineering as a profession? Yes there are some SWEs working in engineering fields, but the majority are not classically “engineers”
- marcellus23 4y agoMaybe you could explain how it's related? I feel like I did a good job of explaining how ethics makes no sense in this discussion in my above comment.
- vimax 4y agoMy original comment was that this list of engineering standards is not followed by most software engineering. You seem to be saying there are some that it can be applied ti, and I’m say those are in the minority.
- marcellus23 4y agoRight — standards, not ethics. You still haven't explained how ethics matters here. Like I said, plenty of engineers that follow standards rigorously do it in the service of unethical goals.