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"Hey, Bob, we need you to write the software for this system. It's based on one, non-redundant sensor and can move the elevator trim to an extreme position. Sound good?"

"Sure, no skin off my nose."

Isn't software engineering a wonderful field to be in?




Except that's not really how it works

Bob to team: "What should happen when the two AoA sensors disagree?"

Team: "We should alert the pilot"

Manager: "We can't alert the pilot because the manual will need to change. What if we only use one sensor?"

Bob: SMH

Team: "That's not a good idea. We need redundancy."

Manger: "Well, we're not alerting the pilot. Use the one sensor."

Bob: Writes the code to use only one sensor.


This shouldn't happen in a vacuum. Who's writing the requirement? The test case?




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