After 25 years this still happens

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itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 55 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Unfortunately, most people who break things while they make changes will swear up and down that their change didn't break anything.

IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 1y

I find it worse when they swear that they didn't do anything at all. The changes just happened spontaneously.

mkwt@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Those people are almost as bad as the junior devs that are very confidently incorrect.

Senshi@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Even worse? Senior devs that are confidently incorrect but are trusted completely because they created an "amazing" VBA macro for Excel 97 once.

argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y

Note that this also applies to politicians.

RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 36 pts · 1y

That's how to make a career. If you never make any mistakes, you're invisible. Don't do it too often though, or you'll eventually get promoted to management.

meneervana@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Oof that's me 💀

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (3 replies)

It really depends on the situation. There are times, where it's better to let it play out exactly like this.

99% of the time though, it's best practice for me to announce my error, before anyone affected knows what hit them.

jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y

Anticorp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I try my damnedest to fix it before I announce it.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
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oce@jlai.lu · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If it didn't happen, management may ask what is your value.

Anticorp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I make things go