[nunez]

its not that this is hard to grasp. it's not. in fact, many of the people i've consulted on RE have read all or parts of these books. IMO, it's mostly comes down to selective interpretation.

it's like telling a homeowner that they need to spend $1000/year on an annual maintenance item to prevent a _possible_ $15k repair bill every five years.

For some, $1000/yr is too expensive for them. So they take their bets or skimp. (People who think you can do SRE without being SWEs because they "can't code")

For others, $1000/yr is affordable, but because the $15k bill is "unlikely", they skimp. (People who think you can do SRE without being SWEs because even though they can code, they'd rather separate those jobs.)