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by askbjoernhansen 55 days ago
The author clearly hasn't worked for a big company. An $8m mistake? Meh, not great, but it probably seemed like a good idea at the time. Seen worse.

Oh, it was $8m over several years? That's a couple of projects that didn't pan out, or a small team that wasn't firing on all cylinders for a stretch.

Nobody got fired because there was nothing unusual to fire anyone for.