Graham Sutherland / PolynomialNov 25, 2022

if you've ever messed up a dimension or a hole position on something you're building, don't be too hard on yourself.

at least you're not the Cisco design engineer who caused an entire product line recall by placing the mode button (which resets the switch if held) directly above an RJ45 port.

Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialNov 25, 2022
it's pretty impressive to fail so hard that you become a worldwide internal meme at a company the size of Cisco. back when I worked there, I saw this image used in slide decks and on posters in several different offices.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialNov 25, 2022
(I should've really said "Cisco design engineering team" rather than just one engineer; this is very much a combination of process & oversight failures)
Show threadDr. Juande Santander-Vela
@gsuberland I was going to say just that: that this is not an individual contributors fault, is the whole process that failed. #BlamelessCulture works better for avoiding these kind of things.
Nov 26, 2022 at 11:07amWeb