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You aren’t a real engineer until you do this. So congrats on the promotion! :)
by junglejoose 6y ago
You aren’t a real engineer until you do this. So congrats on the promotion! :)
- emerongi 6y agoI wrote a migration that dropped columns for a functionality that was no longer to be used. Then the client wanted that functionality back. Oops.
- Guest42 6y agoDefinitely, the likelihood of these things happens goes way up alongside the amount of concurrent tasks, meetings, or other forms of distraction. I’ve seen my fair share of production administration as a side task.
- zmmmmm 6y agoIndeed - after incidents like this I usually say, "This is called experience that you can't pay to get for any price. Learn from it well, and value your lesson."
- ISL 6y agoI'm a physicist, interested in consulting on both data analysis and precision metrology/hardware projects in general. That said, I will happily accept consulting fees in return for deleting someone's database in prod, should they so desire. Edit: Heck, being a white-hat licensed-to-create-mayhem chaos monkey for a few hours a week sounds pretty fun. Email in profile.
- li4ick 6y agoYeah, imagine if a bridge engineer said the same thing: "You aren't an engineer until your bridge collapses. Congrats!" I am starting to hate tech culture. Nobody cares about correctness and discipline. Mention "math" and everybody spreads like cockroaches.