This just underlines the engineer's problem with making something secure, yet making sure every moron in the U.S. can plug it in and turn it on and have it basically work.
I'm sick and tired of hearing marketing, human resources, finance and 99% of the world of "business" come cry me a river when they complain system doesn't work as expected because they didn't know what the customer really wanted. Not even the customer knew what he wanted, they all came to me saying " it must be cheap and basically print me money "
Yeah sure and If I had the method I'd be working for you fools would I ?
I'm sick and tired of hearing marketing, human resources, finance and 99% of the world of "business" come cry me a river when they complain system doesn't work as expected because they didn't know what the customer really wanted. Not even the customer knew what he wanted, they all came to me saying " it must be cheap and basically print me money "
A big part of engineering is figuring out what the user wants. The user can't be trusted to automatically know exact
A big part of engineering is figuring out what the user wants. The user can't be trusted to automatically know exactly what it is he wants that's possible to do. If as an engineer you simply take what's initially asked for, you likely won't get far. If something is impossible, you have to explain to your customer that it is, and provide alternatives. Make sure everyone knows exactly what's going on. While marketers, customers, etc. all have their own faults in the process, you can't simply pass the entire buck to them.
Strictly speaking, this is the job of an analyst, not the engineer. However, far too many places don't have analysts and rely upon their engineers to perform that function. I agree, though, that an engineer shouldn't just blindly do what they're told. They become little more than code slaves if they do that, and that's the kind of job they'll find outsourced to India next year...
Security vs. Stupidity (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Security vs. Stupidity (Score:4, Insightful)
I'm sick and tired of hearing marketing, human resources, finance and 99% of the world of "business" come cry me a river when they complain system doesn't work as expected because they didn't know what the customer really wanted. Not even the customer knew what he wanted, they all came to me saying " it must be cheap and basically print me money "
Yeah sure and If I had the method I'd be working for you fools would I ?
Go ask Alan Greenspan you yahoos !
Re:Security vs. Stupidity (Score:4, Insightful)
I'm sick and tired of hearing marketing, human resources, finance and 99% of the world of "business" come cry me a river when they complain system doesn't work as expected because they didn't know what the customer really wanted. Not even the customer knew what he wanted, they all came to me saying " it must be cheap and basically print me money "
A big part of engineering is figuring out what the user wants. The user can't be trusted to automatically know exact
Re:Security vs. Stupidity (Score:2)