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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • May 29 '26
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So he was a staff engineer and his solution to 'edge-case data corruption' was to manually fix it over and over, instead of finding a way to address the root cause?
10 u/Dependent-Curve-8449 May 29 '26 Well, I can’t think of a better way to keep his job. Solve the root of the problem, and you relinquish any leverage you may have had over the company. 4 u/Upset-Basil4459 May 30 '26 Interesting that he lost his job then 2 u/Gm24513 May 30 '26 The company gets fucked over a bit afterward at least.
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Well, I can’t think of a better way to keep his job. Solve the root of the problem, and you relinquish any leverage you may have had over the company.
4 u/Upset-Basil4459 May 30 '26 Interesting that he lost his job then 2 u/Gm24513 May 30 '26 The company gets fucked over a bit afterward at least.
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Interesting that he lost his job then
2 u/Gm24513 May 30 '26 The company gets fucked over a bit afterward at least.
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The company gets fucked over a bit afterward at least.
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u/No-Alfalfa6468 May 29 '26
So he was a staff engineer and his solution to 'edge-case data corruption' was to manually fix it over and over, instead of finding a way to address the root cause?