The premise of the post was a response to the ridiculous claim that when something goes bad, we need to blame the engineer(s) who pressed the button.
I tried, through rant, demonstrate that there are other people to blame, starting from politicians who are incompetent in what they do, to CEOs who get compensated for taking the risk, to managers who cut corners, etc.
The culmination of the post is that if you want o blame someone, you might as well blame any of the involved parties. But instead, if we want to prevent such issues in the future, we need to understand that the entire process or broken, rather than throwing individuals under the bus.
The only bone I’d pick with the article is blaming regulations. The regulations in question rarely say anything particularly boneheaded. Blanket compliance culture interprets those regulations in boneheaded ways. Because to do it any other way would be much more expensive.
The premise of the post was a response to the ridiculous claim that when something goes bad, we need to blame the engineer(s) who pressed the button.
I tried, through rant, demonstrate that there are other people to blame, starting from politicians who are incompetent in what they do, to CEOs who get compensated for taking the risk, to managers who cut corners, etc.
The culmination of the post is that if you want o blame someone, you might as well blame any of the involved parties. But instead, if we want to prevent such issues in the future, we need to understand that the entire process or broken, rather than throwing individuals under the bus.
I hope this clarifies it a bit