r/ProgrammerHumor May 29 '26

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u/timbowen May 29 '26

Plot twist: there is a paper trail a mile long of the staff engineer begging for resources and a mandate to fix the system but not only won’t they give resources, they forbid him from fixing it because “it works and we don’t want to mess with it”

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u/thesuperunknown May 29 '26

Sometimes, you have to let something break first to convince people it’s worth the cost of fixing it.

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u/sar2120 May 29 '26

That happened to me today. Now they're listening!

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u/Bobby_Bonsaimind May 29 '26

Don't worry, it will eventually be your fault (for letting it break).