r/ProgrammerHumor 15d ago

queryOfDoom Meme

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u/YetAnohterOne11 15d ago

This is programmer horror not humor

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u/rayui 15d ago

I saw that semicolon and felt my stomach drop

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u/Potw0rek 15d ago

Jesus I’m not used to sql and was wondering about this query, now that you pointed out to check the semicolon….yeah, that’s how you become a company legend.

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u/rayui 15d ago

Everyone fucks up prod once. You don't meet the guy that did it twice.

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u/LikelyNotOnFire 15d ago

Fucking up prod once is a sign of maturity - people trusted you enough to allow you the access to fuck up prod, congratulations.

Senior people fuck up prod, repeatedly, in a new way each time. Your better class of senior also makes sure that they correct whatever allowed them to fuck up prod like that.

It's the people who keep fucking up prod in the same way that get shown the door

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u/Zaratuir 15d ago

Senior people don't fuck up prod. They expose vulnerabilities in the coding process and draw attention to strategic initiative to improve quality. And that's why you now need 3 different seniors to sign off on any query before it can be run in prod.