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by dodobirdlord 1532 days ago
Assuming that the "Global Head of Customer Success" is a leadership role that covers support engineering teams (no clue, but it appears to be some sort of executive position), then it's sorta beside the point whether or not the person is personally munging databases and wrangling backups. If an organization fails it is the fault of its leadership. The buck has to stop somewhere. Whether the "root cause" was risky engineering practices, careless employees, or just back luck, the blame lies with leadership, who should have established safer practices, not hired careless employees, and had a plan to mitigate the unlucky circumstance.