I was fired from a small ERP company that will remain nameless for fixing the broken math that caused an entire class of bugs instead of just the one bug as reported. It was a snapshot of an older version of the code base, so by giving known issues with known "correct" solutions to newer hires they could get them familiar with the code base quicker.
It was an interesting idea, but egos in the room weren't ready for the possibility that the "official" answers weren't actually correct.
I was very new there and my manager didn't understand the algebra when I showed them, and they were very uncomfortable when I showed how the general case manifested in production. I was sacked a day or two later.
It was obviously for the best, but still pretty funny that there are some places where this sort of "maturity" is frowned upon.
It was an interesting idea, but egos in the room weren't ready for the possibility that the "official" answers weren't actually correct.
I was very new there and my manager didn't understand the algebra when I showed them, and they were very uncomfortable when I showed how the general case manifested in production. I was sacked a day or two later.
It was obviously for the best, but still pretty funny that there are some places where this sort of "maturity" is frowned upon.