It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max crisis: how a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Longtime Boeing engineers say the effort was complicated by a push to outsource work to lower-paid contractors.
The Max software – plagued by issues that could keep the planes grounded months longer after U.S. regulators this week revealed a new flaw – was developed at a time Boeing was laying off experienced engineers and pressing suppliers to cut costs.
Increasingly, the iconic American planemaker and its subcontractors have relied on temporary workers making as little as $9 an hour to develop and test software, often from countries lacking a deep background in aerospace – notably India.
In offices across from Seattle’s Boeing Field, recent college graduates employed by the Indian software developer HCL Technologies Ltd. occupied several rows of desks, said Mark Rabin, a former Boeing software engineer who worked in a flight-test group that supported the Max.
The coders from HCL were typically designing to specifications set by Boeing. Still, “it was controversial because it was far less efficient than Boeing engineers just writing the code,” Rabin said. Frequently, he recalled, “it took many rounds going back and forth because the code was not done correctly.”
And Apple wants to move phone manufacture there? Good luck.
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[–] 19482640? ago
They have this shit in asia I read about eons ago where they transfer money with little scrippy scraps of paper from lender to lender. It extends all over the fucking place and is just person to person and no one gets fucked over, and money flows like magic everywhere.
I cant remember what it is called though.
I think the operant part is no juice involved.
[–] 19505940? ago
>>13453717
Hawala is VERY useful in divorce situations with entitled roastie ex wives, just saying…
[–] 19482642? ago
Islamic banking?
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/islamicbanking.asp
[–] 19482652? ago
>>13453691
>>13453613
It's called Hawala, and it's incredibly important for terrorist financing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala
>>13452819
>>13452851
Never, ever work for Indians. I can confirm the rampant nepotism they practice, even if it's subconscious. They'd much rather promote Pajeet who minds his caste position and doesn't ever speak up than Mike who is ambitious, driven, and not afraid to offer his professional opinion.
[–] 19482647? ago
Kinda but what I read about was at the street shitter level. When a basic transaction was $2 or less and money could go all over the place over borders etc.