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Comment by not_your_vase

There are 2 types of engineers.

Generic Engineer, "Engineerius Domesticus" - Like an architect or civil engineer. If they make a fatal mistake, especially one that can be avoided with best practices, they will never be allowed to work in their profession again. Possibly they go to jail.

Software Engineer, "Engineerius Softwarus Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens" - If they make a fatal mistake, especially one that can be avoided with best practices, there will be a blameless post mortem/retrospective where everyone gets a pat on the back, exclaiming "what a great job everyone did, this was really unavoidable, if we disregard the fact that it was completely avoidable". The smartest guy in the room has already an offer from another employer where he will make the very same mistake.

As long as this doesn't change, and software developers have exactly 0 incentive to write code that's at least "not garbage", please enjoy your bugs.

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