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If I were one of those engineers, and didn't believe in the claims being made, I'd personally be quite worried of being held personally liable if the company gets sued in the case of accidental death. Last thing I'd want is my bug being responsible for someone dying.

E.g. I would quit too.

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Good thing it would be almost impossible to attach personal liability to an employee of a corporation unless they intentionally designed the system to be unsafe with malicious intent.

Frankly, I would be more worried about someone dying using a system that I had a hand in than whatever effect it might have on my career.

> Last thing I'd want is my bug being responsible for someone dying.

Is exactly what was written above.

In the context of a lawsuit. Which is different from not wanting it for its own sake.

But quitting doesn't retroactively remove your hand from the system if that's your main worry...

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