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Re:Ask HN: What would you do if your income was taken care of? by devbot9 on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:26AM (#15851866)
In your opinion, what is the biggest failing of software engineering now that you hope to correct with a "true" engineering society?
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Re:Ask HN: What would you do if your income was taken care of? by ribasushi on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:58PM (#15854596)
In short ( and in very broad strokes ): there is virtually zero respect for the enduser's time[1]. And there are no incentives ( regulatory or otherwise ) for things to get better on this front.

[1] Note - I literally mean "time". Not security/privacy/safety/property, but more fundamentally and simply "time". Or in way better words: https://youtu.be/upu0gwGi4FE?t=1548

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