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by safeaim 3427 days ago
And if one starts applying your principle at a workplace, you end up with the whole company being afraid of doing anything at all, to avoid being fired.
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No, there is a level of competency where once you make mistakes below that, firing is the right move.

If a surgeon keeps killing patients because he keeps forgetting to wash his hands, then he needs to be fired.

If a developer skips all company policies and deploys directly to production without a good reason, then he needs to be fired.

There are reasonable mistakes, then there are errors resulting from wreckless actions indicative of a larger problem with the person's view towards their work.