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Re:You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a leg... by lawn on Monday February 17, 2025 @12:56PM (#43081582)
I thought it was pretty funny how we had this large project that was supposed to replace a legacy system (that was mostly a bad hack that got pushed to production).

But when it was finished it failed to meet the basic requirements for the only customer that used the system.

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Re:You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a leg... by lmm on Monday February 17, 2025 @07:48PM (#43084801)
Once you're senior enough those cases won't be funny any more, just sad.
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Re:You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a leg... by lawn on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @12:02AM (#43086231)
I have a very dark sense of humor sometimes.

But yes, it's sad.

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