Comment by bbarnett
3 months ago
It's a different kind of pressure. Lives aren't on the line making trades, not like air travel. This lends to a different type of stress.
Losing millions for your boss, losing your job != killing hundreds with a single mistake made in seconds.
Yeah, the closest I ever came to life-critical software was payroll projects.
I discovered by accident that people will notice a one-cent change in their paycheck.