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> I also see it used in smaller companies by bosses who want to simulate the effects of a person quitting, and how confident the rest of the team are to take ov

by csours 4y ago

> I also see it used in smaller companies by bosses who want to simulate the effects of a person quitting, and how confident the rest of the team are to take over the running of a task. Aka the Bus Factor. What if our lead engineer takes a bus out of town (or the darker version). Even in large companies, work is done by teams and those teams are susceptible to this problem as well.

hirundo 4y ago
> (or the darker version) I default to, what if Bob wins the lottery?
- aerostable_slug 4y ago
  Or moves to China... I was working with an IoT company who proudly showed us, their biggest customer, how the signing keys to particular actions that could impact many, many people were held on a rather trick little Spyrus USB stick. Which they displayed. In the pocket of a person that had the requisite passphrases to access it all on her own. I asked what would prevent the person from hopping a plane out of nearby SFO and having a pleasant CCP-funded retirement and they turned all sorts of colors. They invested in a proper storage mechanism (and key management processes) after that.
  - eru 4y ago
    Funny thing, you can actually use USB sticks and passphrases like they did. But you need to have multi-party signing. Eg make it so that 10 out of 15 people employees need to sign.
jedberg 4y ago
> What if our lead engineer takes a bus out of town HA! I've never heard this version of it. I've only ever heard the dark version. I like this better.
- csours 4y ago
  Coming up with euphemisms is my hobby. No one can tell when I'm being mean now. disgusting food -> interesting and unique flavor profile bad movie -> the director made decisions that challenge audience expectations take your crazy pills -> I had not heard of that before and of course the Southern classic you idiot -> bless your heart (this one doesn't really work anymore because people know it) Edit: I remembered another one: Resting B*tch Face -> Resting Business Face.
  - sokoloff 4y ago
    "Good For You!" is code for "Go F** Yourself!" in some circles. (would become the same three-letter acronym) I'd heard it through two different management consultancy sources, but that could easily have a common root, of course.
    - tb_technical 4y ago
      In some communities "Go f** yourself!" is code for "see ya later!", also.
      - cosmodisk 4y ago
        We used to have a Scotsman as a site manager. Every single day when we were wrapping for a day, he used to say: well, fuck off now! Nice bloke.
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    - thrillgore 4y ago
      Alternatively, "Pull Requests Welcome" is also code for "Go f*** yourself."
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  - yeasurebut 4y ago
ok_dad 4y ago
I used to say, "in case I fall off a cliff," and then in a previous job a colleague went mountain climbing and literally fell to his death off a cliff. Now I just say, "for when I'm not around."
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- mgkimsal 4y ago
  Similar here. 2000/2001(?), I was talking about the bus factor with a client, indicating that I'd brought on a couple more folks on my team - one part time, one full time, to avoid the bus factor. "what do you mean?" "oh, in case I get hit by a bus" Silence. Someone in their company had been hit by a bus and died a couple weeks earlier. Not in their department - it wasn't a direct friend/colleague - but it was... awkward enough that I didn't use that phrase again for a long time. And even when I do, I tend to catch myself before and rephrase it.
- csours 4y ago
  Holy crap!

by csours 4y ago

hirundo 4y ago

> (or the darker version) I default to, what if Bob wins the lottery?

aerostable_slug 4y ago
Or moves to China... I was working with an IoT company who proudly showed us, their biggest customer, how the signing keys to particular actions that could impact many, many people were held on a rather trick little Spyrus USB stick. Which they displayed. In the pocket of a person that had the requisite passphrases to access it all on her own. I asked what would prevent the person from hopping a plane out of nearby SFO and having a pleasant CCP-funded retirement and they turned all sorts of colors. They invested in a proper storage mechanism (and key management processes) after that.
- eru 4y ago
  Funny thing, you can actually use USB sticks and passphrases like they did. But you need to have multi-party signing. Eg make it so that 10 out of 15 people employees need to sign.

jedberg 4y ago

> What if our lead engineer takes a bus out of town HA! I've never heard this version of it. I've only ever heard the dark version. I like this better.

csours 4y ago
Coming up with euphemisms is my hobby. No one can tell when I'm being mean now. disgusting food -> interesting and unique flavor profile bad movie -> the director made decisions that challenge audience expectations take your crazy pills -> I had not heard of that before and of course the Southern classic you idiot -> bless your heart (this one doesn't really work anymore because people know it) Edit: I remembered another one: Resting B*tch Face -> Resting Business Face.
- sokoloff 4y ago
  "Good For You!" is code for "Go F** Yourself!" in some circles. (would become the same three-letter acronym) I'd heard it through two different management consultancy sources, but that could easily have a common root, of course.
  - tb_technical 4y ago
    In some communities "Go f** yourself!" is code for "see ya later!", also.
    - cosmodisk 4y ago
      We used to have a Scotsman as a site manager. Every single day when we were wrapping for a day, he used to say: well, fuck off now! Nice bloke.
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  - thrillgore 4y ago
    Alternatively, "Pull Requests Welcome" is also code for "Go f*** yourself."
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- yeasurebut 4y ago

ok_dad 4y ago

I used to say, "in case I fall off a cliff," and then in a previous job a colleague went mountain climbing and literally fell to his death off a cliff. Now I just say, "for when I'm not around."

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mgkimsal 4y ago
Similar here. 2000/2001(?), I was talking about the bus factor with a client, indicating that I'd brought on a couple more folks on my team - one part time, one full time, to avoid the bus factor. "what do you mean?" "oh, in case I get hit by a bus" Silence. Someone in their company had been hit by a bus and died a couple weeks earlier. Not in their department - it wasn't a direct friend/colleague - but it was... awkward enough that I didn't use that phrase again for a long time. And even when I do, I tend to catch myself before and rephrase it.
csours 4y ago
Holy crap!