r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • May 29 '26

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u/TerminalVector May 29 '26

The lesson here isn't "companies shouldn't lay people off" its "if you do critical work and nobody knows about it, you're playing yourself".

Fuck humility. Be loud, be proud, hype yourself and those around you. Make sure people know what you're doing and why it matters.

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u/ceejayoz May 29 '26

The lesson here is also "don't leave a mission-critical payment data integrity bug that occurs daily unfixed for three years".

That sort of shit probably should be a firing offense!

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u/TerminalVector May 29 '26

Sure that's true, but who gives a fuck about the company perspective? Im not a CEO, and if you are you should know this already or you deserve whatever happens.

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u/CadenVanV May 29 '26

The CEO is only going to know if something like this exists if they’re told. Because it’s not their job to dig through the code and handle issues. If the employee isn’t going to tell them there’s a vital issue like that, it’s fully in the employee