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by HeyLaughingBoy 337 days ago
Interesting question. Adherence to formal standards might be a good proxy for this, perhaps. Dunno. Just the first thing that comes to mind.

I am in Medical Devices software. Our main compliance requirements are 21CFR and IEC-62304. I know Automotive has MISRA (more coding guidelines than development process, but still) and a handful of other standards. Aviation follows DO-178x, and so on...

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> Adherence to formal standards might be a good proxy for this

A lifetime ago, right out of high school, I was a sort of sysadmin at a decent sized civil and structural engineering firm. I learned a lot about the profession of engineering there. Adhering to standards does indeed seem like a really good proxy.