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Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined... by jimnotgym on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @10:56AM (#39014779)
> This sort of thing is inevitable once a company is controlled by people who don't understand what the company does.

I think we should examine why this doesn't happen with structural engineering firms.

For the third time on this thread I'm going to say it is because you have to have proper qualifications to do that for a living.

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Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined... by BobaFloutist on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @04:06PM (#39019142)
Ok but, for example, Boeing has recently come under fire for poor quality control, which people are blaming on management decisions taking power away from technical experts.

And the enormous Millennium Tower in San Francisco is sinking and tilting.

So it's not unique to software.

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