Comment by foolfoolz
3 years ago
this does not sound like a junior programmer error. this is not the kind of thing companies let inexperienced people come up with at least not on their own. this is a lack of testing. any real world backup test would have caught this. and i would expect the more senior engineers of the project to ensure this was covered
If you’re making an “ought to be” argument, I agree.
If you’re making an “is” argument, I completely disagree. I see companies (including my own) regularly having junior programmers responsible for decisions that cast inadvertently or unexpectedly long shadows.