The beauty of standards (and more)

Ah! The beauty of [software engineering] standards... Software engineering standards come in all kinds of shapes and colors like Victoria's Secret bras... Some standards are new but there are also good old standards that stood the test of time. On the darker side, the "standards industry" is well... an industry. If I build a better standard, certification, etc. I am able to sell you standard documents, certifications, training programs for training tutors, training sessions for people on companies and so on.
Standards people are also strange people. They can gather all together in a 5 story building for several months in a row to discuss a certain rephrase to this section of the standard. I know a person that has its name in the DO-178C draft. Not me.

If you're into the software engineering scene, maybe you can find interesting to browse these 2 space software standards:

• ESA: https://goo.gl/4Gzdtq (ECSS stands for European Comitee for Space Standardization - INTERNAL)
• NASA: https://goo.gl/wzJ8XE (SEL stands for Software Engineering Lab - INTERNAL)

Happy "readings".