Boeing's 737 MAX Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers (2019)

Post by nine_zeros » Fri, Mar 15, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

applied_heat wrote: post #53

nine_zeros wrote: post #52

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> If yes, then raise problem and refuse to implement / avoid killing people. Often, software engineers are pipped, written up, berated, stack ranked - and churned via various management processes for doing exactly as asked for. Until the culture of the company aka ALL levels of management changes to full accountability without blaming the actual engineers, nothing will change. The current corporate structure just isn…

Perhaps software engineers looking for accountability would like the same level of liability that is enjoyed by their peers in civil, mechanical, mining, and electrical engineering?

Post by lavezzi » Fri, Mar 15, 2024, 6:17 PM UTC

reboot_boom wrote: post #82

I think the big question is how did no FAA or whatever inspection show all those safety implications until now? What are they missing at other Aircraft manufacturers?

Post by rramadass » Fri, Mar 15, 2024, 9:56 PM UTC

silent_cal wrote: post #84

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Correlation is the inference that you draw from your experience which can absolutely be wrong.

Correlation is the inference I draw from my experience? That's one of the more nonsensical things I've ever heard.

Post by rramadass » Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 5:42 PM UTC

silent_cal wrote: post #86

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Perhaps a course in "Inferential Statistics/Statistical Inference" is in order here.

I've taken several graduate courses in statistics. That's how I know this makes no sense at all.