A few months into my first job out of college, I brought down the main production server in the middle of the workday. It took us about an hour to recover. Afte

A few months into my first job out of college, I brought down the main production server in the middle of the workday. It took us about an hour to recover. Afterward, I was very embarrassed and apologetic, but my boss just shrugged and said: "You're not a real technology worker until you've brought the company down. Welcome." Might not be the best words to live by, but it was exactly what I needed to hear at that time early in my career.