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I think I might actually like to do more actual engineering, using models and sound notations and planning, thinking about eventualities, not being told not to by management guys, trying to get it right the first time, instead of always being told "later", because otherwise people will suffer (or die) and all that.

I would perhaps even like there to be a license, because then we would maybe get way fewer people interfering with a technically sound decision process. As it is right now, every manager dude thinks they know better what to build than the actual programmers/engineers, even if the programmers/engineers work on the product for years already and have gathered experiences the frequently rotated managers lack. It is always soooo convenient for the manager types to defer good enginnering endlessly, so that ultimately it never happens and shitty products are made.



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