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I heard of a creature like that. I think they are called human being. Someone who was assigned to a team of highly efficient robots that never make mistakes and produces bug-free code. Production defects? Yeah, it's obviously that guy's fault alone. /s

If I didn't know any better, it sounds like you are just using the guy as someone to conveniently blame.

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I disagree with that, it really isn't "normal" to have someone like that, but it does definitely happen. Doing a crap PR once in a while is absolutely normal for everyone, but doing that regularly isn't.

This is clearly someone who is working beyond their abilities, and needs help and mentoring.

This is not the person's fault, though, this is a management issue, and maybe also a cultural one, where people just assume this person "should know" just because they've been at the company for a long time, and mentoring would be "beneath" them.

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