# The Software Industry: Mistakes, immaturity & why we should be afraid

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Martyn Thomas CBE
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/software-industry-mistakes-immaturity-why-we-should-be-afraid)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Engineering industries have learnt from their previous mistakes - no one will ever make the Tacoma Bridge again - but what about an industry as young as Software Engineering? Billions of pounds have been lost in software mistakes, but is there any evidence that they will not happen again? Is the Software Industry too immature to be fully trusted?

## Lectures

1. [The Software Industry: Mistakes, immaturity & why we should be afraid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/software-industry-mistakes-immaturity-why-we-should-be-afraid/067d84e2a9cc) (YouTube)