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Yes, this. That same engineer shouldn’t have a pocket nuclear trigger shaped just like their key fob, either. Humans are predictable.
by sonofhans 7mo ago
Yes, this. That same engineer shouldn’t have a pocket nuclear trigger shaped just like their key fob, either. Humans are predictable.
- throwaway894345 7mo agoAren’t staff part of engineering leadership?
- wmichelin 7mo agoAt my job, I would just say they are in the ear of engineering leadership, but are not part of it.
- throwaway894345 7mo agoThat makes sense. I guess I usually think of developing policies for this kind of thing to be pretty much what staff would do. I don’t usually expect the CTO to make decisions about how to do testing. To the extent the engineering leadership are to blame, it’s that they were the ones who hired/retained this guy. The buck ultimately stops with them to be sure, but making these kinds of policies seems within the remit of a staff eng.