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It requires tech to move beyond the standard refrain that this is the manager’s fault. It’s hard to get somebody to accept liability when it can directly hit th
by abduhl 3y ago
It requires tech to move beyond the standard refrain that this is the manager’s fault. It’s hard to get somebody to accept liability when it can directly hit their pocket book.
- _trampeltier 3y agoIt is standart exept in the software world.
- ConorSheehan1 3y agoOther engineers don't take direct responsibility either. I've never heard of an individual engineer getting sued because a rocket they worked on exploded, or a bridge they built collapsed. Plenty of tech companies do post mortems. This is almost certainly a failure of management. If a single engineer caused this, the process is broken. What the tech industry needs is professional indemnity insurance and competent management.
- trashtester 3y agoHere is an engineer that got sued because a bridge collapsed: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/engineer-designed-bridge-collapsed-facing-discipline-1.6450110 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/engineer-designe... Edit: And here is one from a crane collapsing: https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/housing-association-and-engineer-sued-over-bow-crane-collapse-06-07-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/housing...
- tremon 3y agoBut it is the manager's fault: that's the person who holds all the cards in the decision-making process. If you want it to be someone else's fault, then start advocating a different chain of decision making, rather than complain about it being a default refrain.