I've worked with at least several hundred of them over the past 5-10 years. Granted, I'm in Europe and the author is in the US, perhaps you are too. I'm not sur

I've worked with at least several hundred of them over the past 5-10 years. Granted, I'm in Europe and the author is in the US, perhaps you are too. I'm not sure what talent/skills are like there. In several firms I've worked in now someone missing so many things wouldn't be above consultant level, and wouldn't be approving PRs let alone deleting a live prod off from their local laptop without some significant questions being asked. I get everyone must learn things, but when you position yourself as a technical expert (Director, in this case) you should have enough experience to be a bit more thorough with your work so if a mistake happens, there's a way out, or just not make what amounts to several design and implementation mistakes. Part of what I think makes this a little egregious is the author didn't f** up his own systems, he f**'d his clients. I'd understand a little more if it were "I'm the in-house guy upskilling" rather than "look at this mistake I made as a (presumably) highly paid outside consultant literally brought in to make sure stuff like this doesn't happen". However, I still must give absolute kudos for sharing mistakes publicly. We all do make mistakes, and most people try and hide it. When the author realised there was an issue, every step after that was handled like a pro.