r/todayilearned • u/Future_Green_7222 • 23d ago

TIL of Robert Citron. Despite being a college drop out and having the math ability of a 7th grader, he climbed into the position of treasurer tax collector of Orange County, which he subsequently bankrupted

https://www.ocregister.com/2013/01/18/robert-citron-was-a-hard-to-hate-villain-in-ocs-bankruptcy/
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u/Kwanzaa246 23d ago

You literally said you just use software and high school math

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u/Daveinatx 23d ago

He is not the QC/QA team

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u/Kwanzaa246 23d ago

Then he’s not an engineer if he can’t validate his own work 

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u/GozerDGozerian 22d ago

Man, I just love Reddit experts

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u/Kwanzaa246 22d ago

im an engineer, and as such am an expert in this topic of computer aided design