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>>belter+(OP)
Every time I read about space engineering, I'm amazed by how contingencies have contingencies. It's so much careful planning and rigor compared to my world. I can always re-compile, re-deploy and regularly realize that my job is not life or death.

>>notyou+Bc1
Honestly, I'd say most engineering is like that outside of the software world. In the classic engineering disciplines with actual licensures at the end of the pipeline, the responsibility and ethics of this are ingrained into students from day 1. (Budget and importance of the application doesn't always allow for the indulgence of this though, at least to a point.)

This type of thinking also follows from decades of experience.

For some reason the software engineering world largely abandoned esteem and respect for all of the above.

>>Engine+pg1
I did an engineering degree but I have to say, the ethics imparted on me were basically “be diligent and don’t build anything that harms people by accident” which… really ought to be, like, table stakes for living in society, right?

>>bee_ri+RR1
As you've stated the oath, it's certainly glib, but it's not table stakes because it's not a mere commitment to good intentions or a kind heart. Engineering ethics are not a commitment to good intentions. To take that pledge seriously, you need to be able to trace all your requirements and consequences in order to analyze, prevent and verify you've prevented potential danger without breaking what you've built. Most people in society would not succeed at this.