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Re:If doctors were interviewed like software developers by sys_64738 on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @02:36PM (#24711212)
Software developers would also need malpractice insurance to protect them from bugs. This is the difference. What real engineering and medical disciplines enforce is personal responsibility for their actions. If you screw up then you're going to be sued big time. Software always claims zero liability. It's why software development is not real engineering.
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Re:If doctors were interviewed like software developers by angelmass on Thursday October 08, 2020 @02:07AM (#24716348)
Maybe in some industries there is no liability, but I’m in biotech and there is certainly a large amount of software issues that would qualify for litigation
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Re:If doctors were interviewed like software developers by calciphus on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:06AM (#24716646)
But is that for you personally as a developer, or your company?
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