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[–] 1812-was-not-a-tie 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Doubt it. Mistyping a command happens. I don't think that's the real offence here. The real problem is that there was no safeguard in place to prevent the typo from doing so much damage. And the responsibility for that is probably so diffuse that nobody will get fired. Instead they'll just build in the safeguards now, and that's that.

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[–] I_JustFeel_ItsTrue 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

As someone who has done this a few times, you will get fired as soon as the manager knows it was you. There's zero compassion or respect for the wisdom that comes from these types of mistakes.

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[–] 1812-was-not-a-tie ago 

Depends on the company / industry. I am guessing your experience is not from an IT giant? I never worked for Amazon, but I have for a comparable company, and I would be shocked to hear someone got fired over something like this. Then again Amazon reputedly treats their employees worse than the likes of Microsoft / Facebook / Google.

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[–] tame 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Exactly. They're gonna have to redesign their production systems interface so that you can't make this kind of mistake there.

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[–] 1moar 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Where are the ITIL safeguards and processes? It should all be backed up and tested, and never fucking commit until you double-triple check syntax. Ffs. These people are the bane of my existence.