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Other 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
by ConorSheehan1 3y ago
Other 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...