The comment about healthcare (life-altering health outcomes at play) interviewing being less of a rigorous process than screening the devs for icanhazcheeseburger is spot on. What the fuck is wrong with us?
You hire a responsible experts when you want to trust them with full decision authority. You can only do this if there's no real risk of failure.
But when you're producing software with real risks, you have a QA-first process that details, validates, and verifies all requirements. You have a large team, cross-checking (and helping) each other. The key virtue of a developer in this context is diligence and honesty.
It's a great gig. In FAANG and software-only products, you're always on the critical path. For medical devices, it's typically the chemistry or device that sets the schedule, so software can proceed at an even pace.
You hire a responsible experts when you want to trust them with full decision authority. You can only do this if there's no real risk of failure.
But when you're producing software with real risks, you have a QA-first process that details, validates, and verifies all requirements. You have a large team, cross-checking (and helping) each other. The key virtue of a developer in this context is diligence and honesty.
It's a great gig. In FAANG and software-only products, you're always on the critical path. For medical devices, it's typically the chemistry or device that sets the schedule, so software can proceed at an even pace.
Plus, you're building something meaningful!