I’m curious what other professions have analogous issues.

Police who seed crime? (Surely.)

Developers who insert bugs?

20y ago in Poland there was a huge story where the ER responders were killing people to sell hints to a funeral house. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_Hunters

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num42 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe politicians. They try to stage violent attacks against themselves and then accuse other parties for their own political gain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag

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Timwi 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Cybersecurity researchers who let loose worms or ransomware?

Car mechanics who break things so you come back for more business?

Airline pilots who... hijack their own flight?... Hm

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riffraff 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Tire dealers that go around puncturing tires has been a urban legend for decades

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kstenerud 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That would be an expensive way to drum up business.

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fragmede an hour ago | parent [-]

Expensive to just buy a box of suitable nails and just sprinkle them around while they're already driving places?

	▲	kstenerud an hour ago \| parent [-]
		... And then drive under the threat that their own tires will get punctured as well.

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zaik 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Developers who insert bugs

I knew it was the developers!

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dosisking 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Garbageman comes to mind

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yieldcrv 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There is nearly a 100% conviction rate of the closest family member if the spouse/child/parent dies soon after a life insurance policy is created

My theory is that there is at least one serial killer that is a life insurance agent or someone that can see all the new policies

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altmanaltman an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Why will developers insert bugs and make their own work harder? there is no extra recognition there, which is primarily a reason why they are doing it. But if you are regularly shipping bugs because you feel good at then fixing it and expect people to appreciate you for it, how long do you think that dev will last at a role?

	▲	MrGilbert an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Don’t think logically, think like a narcissist: If you plant that bug, you exactly know how to fix it. The more damage it causes, the higher the admiration if you fix it. HOWEVER, for that to work you'd need to blame someone else and gaslight everyone into believing your story. That makes it a tad more difficult, but I think it’s still doable.