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> However, if you write any kind of software that a lot (millions) of people depend on, there is a very good chance that you've ruined people's lives or even ca
by knodi123 11y ago
> However, if you write any kind of software that a lot (millions) of people depend on, there is a very good chance that you've ruined people's lives or even caused death.
I've written code that computes performance bonuses for thousands of employees, and I'm confident that it's about 85% accurate. Took me a while to come to peace with that, since the workers my code is evaluating have a high ratio of bonus to base pay. But eh, I can only do my best.
- g10r 11y agoAre decision makers aware of your 85% confidence level?
- knodi123 11y agoI'm 100% confident that it's 85% accurate. The problem is that our sampling rate was too low. I can only make so many statistical interpolations before it starts to look like guesswork. Yes, management was aware of the issue. Luckily, the people whose bonuses were affected could not possibly have enough information to dispute my results. :-P