This is why we must question the term "engineering" in the title "software engineering". Most engineering disciplines are concerned about optimization and correctness on orders of magnitude more, compared to software discipline. Software is perhaps better seen as mass-market movies or music. Most software is less concerned about hard reality but is constantly struggling to keep up with the intangibles of the human mind and psychology. Put it another way, software addresses subtler aspects of reality (human mind, psychology, etc), rather than the hard realities of the world. And the human mind is mostly a black box, and quite dynamic and random. As the fancies of the market shift, software shapes itself to satisfy it.
In physical engineering, if a mistake is made, the bridge collapses, lives are lost, and therefore there is a deterrent against mistakes. But in software/movies, nobody cares if there are 10 flop movies/software, as long as one works/pays off.
In physical engineering, if a mistake is made, the bridge collapses, lives are lost, and therefore there is a deterrent against mistakes. But in software/movies, nobody cares if there are 10 flop movies/software, as long as one works/pays off.