I guess we just have to disagree. I'm not sure what action or solution you're proposing? Should the software engineer quit his job? Without getting into the re

I guess we just have to disagree. I'm not sure what action or solution you're proposing? Should the software engineer quit his job? Without getting into the rest of the argument, a reply to that last paragraph: The absence of an alternative course of action doesn't make it right, it just explains it. Saying "I can't think of another way to deal with it" isn't an excuse, it's an explanation. He still did The Thing. You can't think of an alternative? Okay, that doesn't change that he did it. It's an important detail because you're putting the onus of dealing with his situation on the rest of the world, while he is the one who got himself in there. "What do you suggest he'd do?" Well, not getting into that situation in the first place would be a good start. Or at least assume responsibility for your actions, when you do.