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If consumers of IT products were given the right to potentially sue for every bug that resulted in adverse situations arising for them, the whole industry would

If consumers of IT products were given the right to potentially sue for every bug that resulted in adverse situations arising for them, the whole industry would collapse in less than a year. Now, put yourself in the shoes of a company/NGO that arose to fill in the abandoned niche afterwards. Would you be willing to take in a junior employee and let it do unsupervised work? Would the affordability, cultural fitness or "passion" of said junior employee make a big factor in your decision?

sytelus 12y ago
We obviously don't give wheels to interns and all go on vacation. Initially interns gets work that is fairly low risk to your business. You observe their quality and evolution and gradually give them work that has higher stacks. Same for residents, I would think they would get work that is at Nurse+ level initially, then may be they start as helping hand in operating rooms and so on. As you see they are reliable and consistent, you increase your risk tolerance. Although tech industry don't get as many law suits I think they face much higher financial consequences for screwing up. Imagine Facebook intern bringing down a service because of an error. That would be equivalent of many lawsuits in terms of loss of revenue.
- crpatino 12y ago
  > Although tech industry don't get as many law suits I think they face much higher financial consequences for screwing up. Agreed on that, though there is an upper limit on that, you cannot lose more revenue than you make over the time it takes to resolve the incident. On the other hand, doctors can be assigned punitive charges (is the term correct?) well beyond the "objective" loss of the patient. That kind of stuff can bankrupt health care practitioners... that's why they have insurance AND legal departments. Maybe it is just the perception of risk, but I think that explains why there's much more caution around it. Another data point. Medical schools in US accept only people that has successfully completed an undergraduate degree with transferable skills. In many countries, you can enter medical school after highschool (though the degree takes more years of study than your standard 4 year bachelors).

sytelus 12y ago

We obviously don't give wheels to interns and all go on vacation. Initially interns gets work that is fairly low risk to your business. You observe their quality and evolution and gradually give them work that has higher stacks. Same for residents, I would think they would get work that is at Nurse+ level initially, then may be they start as helping hand in operating rooms and so on. As you see they are reliable and consistent, you increase your risk tolerance. Although tech industry don't get as many law suits I think they face much higher financial consequences for screwing up. Imagine Facebook intern bringing down a service because of an error. That would be equivalent of many lawsuits in terms of loss of revenue.

crpatino 12y ago
> Although tech industry don't get as many law suits I think they face much higher financial consequences for screwing up. Agreed on that, though there is an upper limit on that, you cannot lose more revenue than you make over the time it takes to resolve the incident. On the other hand, doctors can be assigned punitive charges (is the term correct?) well beyond the "objective" loss of the patient. That kind of stuff can bankrupt health care practitioners... that's why they have insurance AND legal departments. Maybe it is just the perception of risk, but I think that explains why there's much more caution around it. Another data point. Medical schools in US accept only people that has successfully completed an undergraduate degree with transferable skills. In many countries, you can enter medical school after highschool (though the degree takes more years of study than your standard 4 year bachelors).