points by gremlinunderway 21 hours ago | 0 comments
There's nothing about software dev that's anything near like the real engineering world even if the label "software engineering" is used.
Until software dev is regulated by professional boards and the government, it will continue to do the same damage to society that pre-regulation engineering did during the industrial revolution.
So talking about corollaries to real engineering is stupid because without those regulatory and professional liability components, people aren't just going to magically coalesce around best practices and ethics. This is a libertarian trope
Unfortunately thanks to silicon valley, the libertarian viewpoint here has far too much sway
[–] mistrial9 18 hours ago