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And he not only watched the company fail spectacularly, in several of those cases those failures were connected to deaths, which I imagine he could feel persona

And he not only watched the company fail spectacularly, in several of those cases those failures were connected to deaths, which I imagine he could feel personally responsible for not preventing, even if the corporate machine is really where the responsibility lies.

salawat 3y ago
Table stakes for QA. It would have been worse because he reported and escalated these things just to end up having his department butchered further. I still don't see a snap happening until after the testimony was over.
- hef19898 3y ago
  Those depositions are extremely stressfull. Add in years if not decades of emotional stress, prior. So yes, that can cause depression and can lead to suicide. Another case where this happened was Therabis Edit: Theranos, obviously (my Pixel 7 keyboard and I won't become close friends any time soon): one of their lead scientists, who very much opposed cheating and their approach, developed a depression because of that and him being completely sidelined. He committed suicide the day before his scheduled depossition in a patent case. Both cases are tragic, as is every suicide. Just because his death is convenient, doesn't mean in it was foul play...
  - riffraff 3y ago
    > Therabis Do you mean Theranos? Therabis seem to be CBD weed for dogs, which I deeply hope has not caused any deaths.
    - lostlogin 3y ago
      > Therabis Caninabis would have been a better name.
      - miningape 3y ago
        I hope you don't mind me stealing this
ratg13 3y ago
So the guy goes on for years being an outspoken whistleblower telling his story to anyone that would listen, and decides while in his hotel waiting for his deposition that now would be the best time to end it and not move forward with holding Boeing accountable. Occam's razor isn't pointed in the direction you think it is.
- ocdtrekkie 3y ago
  I mean, you are welcome to believe that, but if I was a betting man (or had money to bet), I doubt the company had him killed. Corporate malfeasance, even that kills people, is rarely likely to put people in jail and executives are still likely to end up wealthy. Conducting the most obvious corporate assassination possible under extreme public scrutiny would lead to criminal prosecution of individuals that would definitely result in prison time. Meanwhile, suicide is extremely rarely logical, and people who end there often were anywhere from having their entire future ahead of them to being amidst some of their most profound success.

salawat 3y ago

Table stakes for QA. It would have been worse because he reported and escalated these things just to end up having his department butchered further. I still don't see a snap happening until after the testimony was over.

hef19898 3y ago
Those depositions are extremely stressfull. Add in years if not decades of emotional stress, prior. So yes, that can cause depression and can lead to suicide. Another case where this happened was Therabis Edit: Theranos, obviously (my Pixel 7 keyboard and I won't become close friends any time soon): one of their lead scientists, who very much opposed cheating and their approach, developed a depression because of that and him being completely sidelined. He committed suicide the day before his scheduled depossition in a patent case. Both cases are tragic, as is every suicide. Just because his death is convenient, doesn't mean in it was foul play...
- riffraff 3y ago
  > Therabis Do you mean Theranos? Therabis seem to be CBD weed for dogs, which I deeply hope has not caused any deaths.
  - lostlogin 3y ago
    > Therabis Caninabis would have been a better name.
    - miningape 3y ago
      I hope you don't mind me stealing this

ratg13 3y ago

So the guy goes on for years being an outspoken whistleblower telling his story to anyone that would listen, and decides while in his hotel waiting for his deposition that now would be the best time to end it and not move forward with holding Boeing accountable. Occam's razor isn't pointed in the direction you think it is.

ocdtrekkie 3y ago
I mean, you are welcome to believe that, but if I was a betting man (or had money to bet), I doubt the company had him killed. Corporate malfeasance, even that kills people, is rarely likely to put people in jail and executives are still likely to end up wealthy. Conducting the most obvious corporate assassination possible under extreme public scrutiny would lead to criminal prosecution of individuals that would definitely result in prison time. Meanwhile, suicide is extremely rarely logical, and people who end there often were anywhere from having their entire future ahead of them to being amidst some of their most profound success.