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So far as I’m concerned, how people and organisations react to their mistakes when they are revealed matters a lot more than the fact that they make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, improving in response to them is what matters.



Which of course implies that nothing will improve until the shitty state of affairs gains publicity. This isn't how it's supposed to work, you are not supposed to fuck up and then repent in public, you are supposed to get it right without putting on a show of public repentance.

Seriously, does anyone need to be told that the confederate flag or the thin-blue-line-flag-with-Punisher-logo are symbols of white supremacism? Who thinks that support of that is acceptable in the workplace?


I know the bar is low for companies, but that there was exec-level consequences impresses me and make me more likely to want to work at Github.


GitHub HR is no stranger to mistakes.




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