> And it bodes well for your firm that that doesn't get you fired either.
Maybe there's more than one interpretation of "bodes well" but not knowing how to do the one thing customers were paying you to do isn't consistent with my definition.
> having dealt with it responsibly and honestly as a team is something you can be proud of IMO.
"We were drinking wine and deleted the database and now your data's gone LOL" is not something that should make you proud.
And it bodes well for your firm that that doesn't get you fired either.
These things happen to the best of us but having dealt with it responsibly and honestly as a team is something you can be proud of IMO.