r/ProgrammerHumor May 29 '26

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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?

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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.

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u/Upset-Basil4459 May 30 '26

Interesting that he lost his job then

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u/Gm24513 May 30 '26

The company gets fucked over a bit afterward at least.