Comment Re: Just let me do brain surgery! (Score 3, Insightful) 372
The surgeon knows his job and does it with great freedom. He/She 'just do' brain surgery
Nobody would survive a brain surgery if a physician would have to go through the same hurdles as a professional programmer
Very true. By the same token, by the time your average programmer was done with your brain surgery, you'd have toenails growing out of your asshole for some inexplicable reason. "Oh, we'll fix that in the next surgery." *That* is why we have "clueless" administrators pre-approving their shit.
The brain surgeon has to be worried about malpractice lawsuits; the programmer does not. The brain surgeon requires board certification; the programmer does not. The brain surgeon requires twice the education and years of formal, on the job training before he is ever allowed to operate; your average programmer thinks he/she can write shit-hot code before they even graduate.