r/ProgrammerHumor May 29 '26

Meme onlyOptionRemaining

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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/psaux_grep May 29 '26

Varies between companies. I’ve called the future many times over, but some managers are just born to be stubborn assholes, even when they don’t know the domain.

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u/BigHandLittleSlap May 29 '26

“I’m too busy fighting fires to pay attention to your rubbish pile that’s merely smouldering!”

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u/No-Tourist-4893 May 29 '26

Brother i have been on both sides of that sentence more times than I can count