> You do the right thing, the right way, every time, or somebody could die.

This stood out for me in the article. I moved to coding after a few years as an aerospace engineer. In the aerospace world you don't want to make mistakes either, so I know how jarring it can be to move to an industry that operates on the motto "just ship it and we'll patch it later, maybe".

I hope they can bring their thoughtfulness to their code and develop a reputation for shipping solid product.

I haven't met any of their devs, but when our program began the owners came to speak to us. They're good people.

A lot of times it seems people take it for granted that 'skilled/intelligent' and 'rural' are mutually exclusive.

Did you mean to say "not mutually exclusive"?

Nope! They aren't mutually exclusive, of course, but a lot of folk believe that they are, hence my comment.