When I graduated as an engineer, a friend told me "How do you feel entering a plane when you know that people like us build it".

I’ve worked several years in the automotive industry and saw how software was done there.

When the 737-MAX crashed, I entered into the rabbit-hole and built a really good understanding of the software issue.

The results are:

- I don’t board a boeing plane anymore.
- I avoid cars as much as I can.
- I be sure to recommend cars with the less possible software.

@ploum My favorite talk is "Preventing the collapse of civilization" by Jonathan Blow. It puts "software sucks in everything" which we all more or less feel into the really big picture of history and technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko

Ironically, it was on a game developer conference. But the points he makes are still valid across the entire field.

Preventing the Collapse of Civilization / Jonathan Blow (Thekla, Inc)

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