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Re:Fed court rules for retired engineer told by state to not... by vkou on Monday December 25, 2023 @10:00PM (#38768583)
> I don't quite understand why this is a problem?

There's a problem, for the same reason that you can't do surgery on people without being a doctor.

We've tried letting parrots practice, and it has turned out poorly for everyone involved.

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Re:Fed court rules for retired engineer told by state to not... by toasted-subs on Monday December 25, 2023 @10:43PM (#38768735)
Yeah but I wouldn't trust half the people who build software projects.

Seems like the money gets sent to people who know how to talk, not on their abilities.

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Re:Fed court rules for retired engineer told by state to not... by vkou on Monday December 25, 2023 @11:07PM (#38768836)
> Yeah but I wouldn't trust half the people who build software projects.

Unlike engineering, or medicine, the overwhelming majority of software projects are not life-critical.

I wouldn't build a bridge the way I build software. I don't work that way because I can't be trusted, I work that way because the stakes of failure are low.

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Re:Fed court rules for retired engineer told by state to not... by toasted-subs on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @04:36PM (#38776328)
In this market it would be financially unwise to build a software project the same way we build bridges.
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