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If you're making the same mistakes over and over again I think that says more about your company than it does about the software industry.

My first job was at a major automotive manufacturer. Implementing half the procedures they had would slow down any software company 10X - just look at the state of most car infotainment systems. If something is safety critical, obviously this makes sense but the reality is 85% of software isn't.

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GP was speaking in the general sense not about their company.

Is that not coming from experience of working at a software company? As I believe you said elsewhere

It could easily be from looking from the outside in, as it is in my case.

Oh, so, without experience. Understood.

No, with lots of experience. I've been programming since 17, did it professionally for three decades and have since moved into technical due diligence, 16 years and counting. That gives me a pretty unique perspective on IT, I get to talk to and work with teams from a very large sample of companies (230+ to date) and that in turn gives a fairly large statistical base to base that opinion on. This includes seed stage companies, mid sized and very large ones.

So forgive me if I take your attitude as non-productive, you are essentially just trying to discount my input based on some assumptions because it apparently doesn't please you. I'm fine with that but then just keep it to yourself instead of pulling down the level of discourse here. If you wanted to make a point you could have been constructive rather than dismissive.

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