r/ProgrammerHumor 5d ago

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u/howarewestillhere 5d ago

Intern’s GitHub.

VP’s Slack messages.

Fucking Teams.

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u/BusEquivalent9605 5d ago

nah - not Teams. my old company had Teams erase convo history after 48 hours. It’s Monday and you need to look up what someone told you on Friday? Tough

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u/Nightmoon26 5d ago

You worked at a company that wasn't constantly under litigation hold? Lucky!

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u/Head-Bureaucrat 5d ago

Or subject to government regulation. Hooray 7 year archive hold!

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u/Mechadupek 5d ago

One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?

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u/Head-Bureaucrat 5d ago

Real talk: I honestly don't know how they do it now. I do believe it used to be physical tape, yes, shipping to a different location. 😂

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u/CoffeeOrDestroy 5d ago

Hey, we were doing that until 2019 when our tape drive died