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kevin_thibedeau on Feb 11, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamenta...

Engineering companies have capital expenses that eclipse what a software shop has to deal with. The rock stars can't demand such a large chunk of revenue.

rbanffy on Feb 11, 2020 [–]

Rock stars are neither scalable nor repeatable. Engineering is about repeatability and predictability. Aerospace is that, squared.

I don't want a rock star anywhere near the software that operates a complex machine where a malfunction can kill people.

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