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Re:I’ve made a conscious effort to stop apologizing for bugs... by jhayward on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:30PM (#22969878)
> In some cases imprisonment and an utterly ruined career are the result of mistakes

This is quite an exaggerated point; the number of people imprisoned for making mechanical, civil, or electrical engineering errors is very close to zero in the US.

I think more programmers have actually been charged than any other field, although I can't quote a statistic to back that up.

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Re:I’ve made a conscious effort to stop apologizing for bugs... by flippinburgers on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:28AM (#22987383)
Architects absolutely have gone to prison for building something in a shoddy manner that results in death.
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