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by ryandrake 3191 days ago
I'd highly recommend every software engineer to spend a little time in their career working on safety critical applications. Medical devices, avionics and automotive, anything related to emergency-911 services, etc. The attitude towards risk, tradeoffs, edge cases and defect prioritization is different than it is at your usual "build fast & break stuff" circus. It can be eye opening.