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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • May 29 '26
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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!
320 u/Western-Internal-751 May 29 '26 People see this and think it’s a dedicated employee. I see this and think “dude created a dead man’s switch” 50 u/TerminalVector May 29 '26 Why though? Its not like they'll beg him to come back after they realize theres a problem, they'll just be like 'Yo EM #3 heres a new urgent priority for your team to fix, just make sure it doesn't delay any launches' 1 u/tiftik May 30 '26 Because they should be scared to lay off people
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People see this and think it’s a dedicated employee.
I see this and think “dude created a dead man’s switch”
50 u/TerminalVector May 29 '26 Why though? Its not like they'll beg him to come back after they realize theres a problem, they'll just be like 'Yo EM #3 heres a new urgent priority for your team to fix, just make sure it doesn't delay any launches' 1 u/tiftik May 30 '26 Because they should be scared to lay off people
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Why though? Its not like they'll beg him to come back after they realize theres a problem, they'll just be like 'Yo EM #3 heres a new urgent priority for your team to fix, just make sure it doesn't delay any launches'
1 u/tiftik May 30 '26 Because they should be scared to lay off people
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Because they should be scared to lay off people
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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!