c/memes · by purrtastic@lemmy.nz · 1yAfter 25 years this still happens 740 points · 12 comments · view on lemmy.world
12 Comments
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 55 pts · 1y
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
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
Oof that's me 💀
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
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
oce@jlai.lu · 13 pts · 1y
If it didn't happen, management may ask what is your value.
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I make things go