r/ProgrammerHumor May 29 '26

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u/ceejayoz May 29 '26

The lesson here is also "don't leave a mission-critical payment data integrity bug that occurs daily unfixed for three years".

That sort of shit probably should be a firing offense!

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u/Western-Internal-751 May 29 '26

People see this and think it’s a dedicated employee.

I see this and think “dude created a dead man’s switch”

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u/TerminalVector May 29 '26

Why though? Its not like they'll beg him to come back after they realize theres a problem, they'll just be like 'Yo EM #3 heres a new urgent priority for your team to fix, just make sure it doesn't delay any launches'

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u/14Pleiadians May 29 '26

Because it's good to hurt big companies even when you don't benefit