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> we are not the same kind of engineers as people who build brindges or airplanes. No shit. I'm arguing that we should be held to similar higher standards.
by Klonoar 4mo ago
> we are not the same kind of engineers as people who build brindges or airplanes.
No shit. I'm arguing that we should be held to similar higher standards.
- peterfirefly 4mo agoWhat if the degree doesn't really help with that?
- majewsky 4mo agoOf course the degree doesn't help with that. What helps is accountability. When a bridge collapses, and it turns out the engineer who drew the plans made a mistake, they can be and often are held criminally liable. When's the last time you saw a software engineer prosecuted for criminal negligence after a design error took down Cloudflare or whatever? Attitudes in software development will not change until that becomes a viable scenario that people anticipate when making design and implementation decisions.