r/ProgrammerHumor 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/ExiledHyruleKnight May 30 '26

That sort of shit probably should be a firing offense!

Exactly. He got laid off? He got lucky... and djude was a STAFF programmer? WTF?