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I like when people mention that they're "computer doctors." I have some stressful migrations that require a lot of planning and could cost a significant amount
by swozey 3y ago
I like when people mention that they're "computer doctors." I have some stressful migrations that require a lot of planning and could cost a significant amount money if botched but I can't imagine the additional stress of someones life being at my fingertips.
- NikolaNovak 3y agoIt's tricky. Many moons ago when I was hands-on and stressed about migrations & config, my team lead at the time would say exactly the same thing - his wife is a doctor and her job is way more stressful - People die. And I bought into it as a relief for a while. But... I work on a payroll system. My team does impact people. Mistakes can have important negative consequences to real live individuals - from stress invoked in trying to call help centre and fix their paycheques, to disconnected utilities if they don't get paid correctly/timely, to other downstream consequences. Any number of other IT systems have significant consequences - e.g. airline ticket systems, airbnb bookings, etc. I feel the "nobody died" is a double-edged sword: it can help relieve people of the daily sense of artificial stress, urgency and grind that management may impose; but also builds a false dichotomy / unreasonably binary threshold on when our job matters / impacts ...
- mcguire 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches
- whatshisface 3y agoI think one of the greatest contributions launch window aerospace neurosurgeons make to society is the way they cause nobody else to ever feel stress in any way.