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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some mistakes make you want the person responsible fired, but some mistakes are SO bad that you actually feel sorry for them instead. This falls into the second category.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's because a flaw like this is the result of SYSTEMATIC failure, not any one person. Who reviewed these designs? Who was responsible for usability testing? Who reviewed those plans? Was usability testing even performed?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Was usability testing even performed?

If it was, it wasn't tested with every cable type or they would have discovered this issue.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Some places don't fire unless the issue is repeated, client-facing, or willfully dangerous (like assaulting co-workers). The theory is: This is the first time this has happened - we learned from it, the engineer specifically probably learned from it. This won't happen again.