Re: Engineers etc.

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From: Mario Wolczko
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:10

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There is one necessary (but not sufficient!) condition which I feel
must be satisfied by anyone in the computer industry who wishes to
call themselves an engineer: take full responsibility for your
creations. 

If a bridge falls down due to a design error, then the engineer is
held responsible, and can expect to be sued and/or prosecuted.

Contrast this with the pages of disclaiming fine print attached to
software. 

By this criterion, I do not believe I have ever met a "software
engineer".  

Mario Wolczko

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