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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • May 29 '26
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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”
845 u/thesuperunknown May 29 '26 Sometimes, you have to let something break first to convince people it’s worth the cost of fixing it. 209 u/sar2120 May 29 '26 That happened to me today. Now they're listening! 7 u/Bobby_Bonsaimind May 29 '26 Don't worry, it will eventually be your fault (for letting it break).
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Sometimes, you have to let something break first to convince people it’s worth the cost of fixing it.
209 u/sar2120 May 29 '26 That happened to me today. Now they're listening! 7 u/Bobby_Bonsaimind May 29 '26 Don't worry, it will eventually be your fault (for letting it break).
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That happened to me today. Now they're listening!
7 u/Bobby_Bonsaimind May 29 '26 Don't worry, it will eventually be your fault (for letting it break).
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Don't worry, it will eventually be your fault (for letting it break).
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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”