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475 points danielstocks | 1 comments | 27 May 21 10:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source
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hundchenkatze ◴[27 May 21 14:58 UTC] No.27303915[source]▶
Klarna has posted a statement here https://www.klarna.com/uk/blog/written-statement-on-app-bug/
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arthur_sav ◴[27 May 21 15:40 UTC] No.27304383[source]▶
> It’s concluded that a human error caused the bug

I would not want to be that "human" atm

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sorenjan ◴[27 May 21 16:16 UTC] No.27304787[source]▶
Reminds me of this story after an expensive mistake:

> Boss - "Why do you think you are here, Jack?"

> JW - "I expect I am here so you can fire me"

> Boss - "I just spent a million dollars on your education - why would I fire you now?"

http://www.nickmilton.com/2016/03/jack-welch-on-learning-fro...

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1. boruto ◴[28 May 21 08:14 UTC] No.27312934[source]▶
That is definitely not the case in EU software industry. I have seen technical leads get fired for a bug which caused 200k EUR loss. With team setups and documentation no one is irreplaceable.