And honestly, that's what Harry should have been, too: a lower deck special who grew in rank and responsibility. Just like B'Elanna should have been an assistant engineer who had to learn to control her temper, and Kes should have been a character who lived life in all its beauty and horror, while the Maquis began as renegade who had little use for Starfleet and slowly learned to work with the crew.
Harry was a single symptom of a serious issue.
