Volkswagen's U.S. head: individuals engineered emissions cheating
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#2"This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason," - I'm not buying it. What would be their motive compared say to VW's motive? VW has a heck of a lot more motive for falsifying emissions than do "a couple of software engineers." Even if you were to argue the engineers were somehow fearful for their jobs that's still VW's problem because they're the ones who created that work environment instilling that fear.
I really expected VW to do better in handling this. Some business analysts are saying VW may be out of business within five years time. Based off this testimony I say good riddance.
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#3"This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason," Horn said
Except when obviously true, companies that make public statements like this will have difficulty recruiting the best engineers.
Re: Volkswagen's U.S. head: individuals engineered emissions cheating
#4"This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason," - I'm not buying it. What would be their motive compared say to VW's motive? VW has a heck of a lot more motive for falsifying emissions than do "a couple of software engineers." Even if you were to argue the engineers were somehow fearful for their jobs that's still VW's problem because they're the ones who created that work environment i…
They will blame some small man to avoid prosecution of higher staff. I bet this was done off the records - so the Software Engineer manager have no proof this was ordered or suggested by upper management. At worst they will get 1-2 engineers arrested while they will move quietly to other companies that will be willing to use their experience and connections.
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#5Does not matter. The people at top are responsible.
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#6"For whatever reason" indeed. They must have just flipped a coin on the issue. Really, it's just bad luck at work here. /s
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#7"This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason," - I'm not buying it. What would be their motive compared say to VW's motive? VW has a heck of a lot more motive for falsifying emissions than do "a couple of software engineers." Even if you were to argue the engineers were somehow fearful for their jobs that's still VW's problem because they're the ones who created that work environment i…
Also, it implies a couple of engineers could slip through arbitrary code to be executed under selective conditions. That's terrifying.
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#8I've always wondered how something like this plays out legally: Can the engineers be somehow held accountable for writing something they were forced / asked to by their managers?
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#10"This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason," - I'm not buying it. What would be their motive compared say to VW's motive? VW has a heck of a lot more motive for falsifying emissions than do "a couple of software engineers." Even if you were to argue the engineers were somehow fearful for their jobs that's still VW's problem because they're the ones who created that work environment i…
Also, it implies a couple of engineers could slip through arbitrary code to be executed under selective conditions. That's terrifying.
But also probably true, regardless of this specific situation.