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I once had a technical discussion with my manager, he wanted me to use a technical solution that did not work, while making me fully responsible for the result.

• Chris2048 6y ago
  > he wanted me to use a technical solution that did not work, while making me fully responsible for the result Just say "yes", and work on your job-hunting instead.
• cutemonster 6y ago
  Which solution did they end up using, if any? (Or was his damaged permanently because of catching fire) Makes me slightly wonder if the manager had hidden motivations and didn't want the project to succeed
  • xondono 6y ago
    They hired a junior make sure he would do as he was told to, and developed my solution. In the end, “my solution” was what anyone would have developed after some research on the problem. The manager was one of the company owners, so he was well motivated, but he was an academic with little world experience that though he knew better than the industry.
    • nomel 6y ago
      The largest pop/fire I saw in some past power electronics work was a poor implementation in trying to combine the output of multiple DC-DC converters. The original caught fire in front of a potential customer, in a demo. What I saw was a repeat of the experiment, in the lab. A manager that would always say "just add more capacitance" was involved. I guess firing and fires go with managers like that.