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Primary? Debatable. But you do have responsibility for what you build, who you build it for and what and who you enable with your expertise. And engineers do ha
by Barrin92 3y ago
Primary? Debatable. But you do have responsibility for what you build, who you build it for and what and who you enable with your expertise. And engineers do have plenty of that, so they have plenty of reponsibility too.
- Terr_ 3y agoOh, everyone has some contributory involvement, but I find it hard to imagine the same kind of standard being widely applied to other employee-experts in other industries. I mean, do we blame food chemists for "failing to convince stakeholders" that the candy-company should use ethically sourced fair-trade chocolate and less sugar? Or mechanical engineers for "failing to convince stakeholders" that the oil-company should avoid drilling in areas that are environmentally-sensitive or controlled by warlords of questionable legitimacy? No, we recognize that a laborer having specialized-skills doesn't automatically mean the corporate-machine is interested in their other opinions. (Unless they're visibly documenting problems that could someday harm the company in a potential lawsuit, in which case they tend to get laid off.)