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> without consequences to the persons named I would hope so (everyone makes mistakes some of which may lead to HUGE issues) and not giving them a chance to lea
by BinaryIdiot 10y ago
> without consequences to the persons named
I would hope so (everyone makes mistakes some of which may lead to HUGE issues) and not giving them a chance to learn from it is a bit unrealistic. At the same time, however, I have been part of organizations where something has gone wrong and us engineers basically all had to "take the blame" otherwise the single person likely would have been fired. I'm confident Google is not like that but it's always something I think about.
- ben_jones 10y agoWe live in a culture where we invoke a draconian system of punishment as a "justice" system. The idea, which does not translate to software, is that fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station. So the fact that certain companies recognize a huge societal flaw and actively operate against it is rare (imo).