Strange take. Just because your work doesn't have the possibility of hurting someone doesn't make you any better or higher standard...

It does make it less likely they’ll have blood on their hands. Some would consider that better.

That's what engineering is about: creating value efficiently without causing inadvertent damage. When I have to risk lives in order to create value, I simply choose not to. Instead, I just create value without risking lives. Engineering. Quality. Cost/Benefit. Benefit/Risk. Not just slapping together metal and plastic while wearing an iron ring. None of these titles granted by men. Just physics, electricity, and my mind.

It is precisely because I am less likely to kill people that I am a better engineer. Picking your battles is part of fighting.

HN is filled with people who think they could do better than Boeing, FAA ATC and medical EHRs.

Every one of them is wrong.

I don’t agree. It’s not about being a better engineer than those at Boeing etc. (you might be right about that but it’s totally tangential).

It’s about being open and transparent about potential risks, being transparent about your mistakes and not outright illegally concealing them and cheating.

The Boeing problem is management and easy to do better than. Penny-pinch less on safety and inspections and leave everything else alone.

I've never seen someone say they could do better than air traffic controllers themselves. If this is about paying more and hiring more people... that's also something the average person is capable of handling.

You do realize some of us here actually have worked in those industries.

Tech has less of a competency crisis than other industries. Even though they have better ISO standards supposedly.

You're not an engineer.

And yet I'm better at the job than those who call themselves that. They give each other titles. I create value.