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Indeed. The difference between an experienced person a naive one is not that the experienced person doesn't make mistakes, but that they fully expect to make m
by jt2190 9y ago
Indeed. The difference between an experienced person a naive one is not that the experienced person doesn't make mistakes, but that they fully expect to make mistakes so they take precautions to mitigate their effects, take measures to prevent them, and minimize doing work that is mistake-prone.
- protomyth 9y agoInexperienced folks really haven't had that "oh hell" moment of contemplating what could go wrong and the experience to know how bad it can go wrong. I was at a site when a truck hit the power main and the UPS (diesel if I recall) for the server room failed to work. The new people were in the "It shouldn't take too long to reboot the servers" where the experienced people were "this is going to be a very long day". The later group was rewarded with a 36 hour day.