OneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoDo you have this guy at work? I dolemmy.mlimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
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minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI absolutely cannot stand this kind of logic. “We make a shit ton of money on this very critical piece of software!” “Then let me fix it!” “NO! It’s making us money NOW! It only stops making us money when it’s broken. At which point then we fix it.” “But that might be hours. We can minimize downtime if we plan properly.” "But it’s making us money NOW!1!1!” I shit you not I have had various versions of this conversation throughout my career, across industries, across disciplines.
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoTrue zen is achieved when you realize it’s not your problem. Even better when the thing eventually breaks and you can be smug about it.
I absolutely cannot stand this kind of logic.
“We make a shit ton of money on this very critical piece of software!”
“Then let me fix it!”
“NO! It’s making us money NOW! It only stops making us money when it’s broken. At which point then we fix it.”
“But that might be hours. We can minimize downtime if we plan properly.”
"But it’s making us money NOW!1!1!”
I shit you not I have had various versions of this conversation throughout my career, across industries, across disciplines.
True zen is achieved when you realize it’s not your problem. Even better when the thing eventually breaks and you can be smug about it.