Comment by alejohausner

There is a major difference between engineering and software development: liability.

If a civil engineer designs a bridge, and it crashes and people die due to a design flaw, he or she can be sued, and even put in jail.

On the other hand, software comes with a license that explicitly makes its authors not liable for design flaws.

When was the last time you had to agree to an end user license agreement before crossing a bridge?