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Re:The skill that never goes obsolete by hooverd on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:27PM (#43210054)
You get more credit for putting out fires you started than building something that doesn't catch on fire in the first place.
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Re:The skill that never goes obsolete by tonyedgecombe on Sunday March 02, 2025 @05:28AM (#43229086)
I remember a post here from someone who would leave deliberate problems in his otherwise reliable code then would swoop in and fix them when the customer discovered them. Apparently the customer loved him.

Personally I've seen people who struggled on a trivial problem get a strong rating from their manager afterwards.

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