Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?

Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by WalterBright on Friday December 05, 2025 @01:19AM (#46157355)

It's normal for young engineers to believe they can write code that cannot fail, design parts that cannot fail, design bridges that cannot fall down, etc. Fortunately, it was beaten into me in my first job that the idea is not to create designs that cannot fail, but to create designs that can tolerate failure. It's a very different mindset.

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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by godelski on Friday December 05, 2025 @02:52AM (#46157799)

Unfortunately I don't think this is being beaten out of people these days. I meet plenty of people that are seniors at quite reputable companies that believe that and it scares me...

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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by WalterBright on Friday December 05, 2025 @03:18AM (#46157996)

What I hear sometimes is along the lines of "I know my program has crashed, but I know it can continue to run safely."

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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by throwaway2037 on Friday December 05, 2025 @03:52AM (#46158210)

What was your first job?

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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by WalterBright on Friday December 05, 2025 @03:27PM (#46166806)

Designing machinery parts for the 757 airplane.

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