> I'm pissed this is accepted as normal for the IT sector, while in railroad engineering and aviation (where human lives are at stake) you'd get your licenses and certificates revoked. Therac-25 something.
You're confusing a statement of the way the world *Is* as an endorsement of the way it *Ought* to be. Ask yourself this: WHY do you get your licenses and certificates revoked in railroads and aviation? Because without that threat of punishment, the railroad and aviation companies would choose to spend their money on other things that are their actual business and not on the distractions that safety and security are otherwise. It takes the force of law to mandate that the companies do something that is contrary to their actual interests and goals. See also Boeing.
You're confusing a statement of the way the world *Is* as an endorsement of the way it *Ought* to be. Ask yourself this: WHY do you get your licenses and certificates revoked in railroads and aviation? Because without that threat of punishment, the railroad and aviation companies would choose to spend their money on other things that are their actual business and not on the distractions that safety and security are otherwise. It takes the force of law to mandate that the companies do something that is contrary to their actual interests and goals. See also Boeing.