[DUMBGRUNT]

An interesting automotive article, not just EVs.

And the octopus analogy was apt and fun.

Congratulations, dear auto managers, you just asked a vampire to manage your blood bank.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I don’t even care as long as my car is reasonably reliable and any bugs are not too annoying. As for these golf-carts, I’m not buying one—EVER. I’ll be dead before gas cars go away, so I don’t care about any of this EV crap.

[Starcitizen]

Hopefully Volkswagen didn’t outsource the software engineering of critical control systems to $9/hr Indian scabs from HCI (an Indian body shop) like Boeing did. Use cheap Indian labor, people die.

[Moltke]

Thanks, but I don’t want a PlayStation on wheels. I find all that stuff distracting and annoying. Just give the car enough electronics to keep it going. (Oh, and SatNav...:))

[Alas Babylon!]

Run a job assessment with all top managers at VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW, and Daimler tomorrow and ask them to code a small game or a simple but working virus. If they are not able to do so, fire them immediately, because they are not fit for the job.

Stupid as F.

Software engineers and coders do not necessarily good managers make, nor vice versa.

Good managers would, however, support their best and brightest engineers and coders, and not sluff off the role to cheap Indian and Chinese coders. THOSE bean counting managers should be fired.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Having worked 20 years of my life in the software industry, I can confirm that software is not magic, just a technology. To manage software, you need software engineers and a software organization. If you allow hardware managers in a hardware organization to manage your software, how could you possibly expect success?

Quick, Volkswagen! Hire some Indians before quarter-end and tell the CEO all that ugly computer stuff is solved...cheap! /s

[Moltke]

For those who did not go to the source page:

"About the Author

Alex Voigt has been a supporter of the mission to transform the world to sustainable carbon free energy for 40 years. As an engineer, he is fascinated with the ability of humankind to develop a better future via the use of technology. With 30 years of experience in the stock market, he is invested in Tesla [TSLA], as well as some other tech companies, for the long term."

No bias there, surely...

[Nailbiter]

flr

[anton]

coding and computers are overrated. Important to persons other than drivers.