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As someone who was on the Civil Engineering track prior to ending up in tech, jail time seems unlikely unless the breach of ethics was particularly egregious.

The consequence of poor decision making in a Professional Engineering setting that we were most often warned against was ejection from the profession. If your work results in the loss of life or property, you may find yourself unable to continue working in the field due to loss of license or a steep increase in insurance premiums.

As a software "engineer", the consequences for poor professionalism are not as sharply defined.

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I don't like the comparison though. If you build stuff the cement mix you'd been using for 10 years isn't suddenly changed.

I'm not trying to imply that writing software is harder, but it's a lot more finicky and shifting. Also you're the architect, the bricklayer and the person taking out the trash - all by yourself and usually getting alotted time for a 1/3 of it.

I'm actually often surprised software works at all..

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