Comment by matt_s

I disagree, however I never served in the military. There are companies which provide a safe environment for mistakes to be learning opportunities, its the culture that defines that. Rarely will an actual mistake lead to someone being fired where I work, usually if it does its because of attitude and someone believing they can do no wrong.

If you bring down the production system with a change that is a learning opportunity and your team should be supportive (i.e. help you recover it) when these things occur. Thats why its important to be constantly deploying code and knowing how to roll back, etc.

I’ve worked at a company that did releases months apart and everything was supposed to be perfect, it never was. In that culture it was all about posturing, covering up mistakes and blame-game which is utterly frustrating to work in.