<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24348"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24377">In the long run, the guy who wiped out the production is probably lucky to be away from a company with with multiple attitude problems.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24420"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24377"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24392" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24377">I was never in IT, but I used to ask about the IT department when interviewing. The one time I didn't ask, I found myself at a company that treated IT as a cost to be minimized without concern for how much time and frustration that caused for everyone else.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24469"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24377"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24485"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24377">Speaking of unexpected horrors: this morning, the television had an item about a woman. She quietly took a break from her current company to go to a job fair. Somehow the local TV station got her on camera and broadcast the clip. </span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24363"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24490" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24489"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24488"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24487"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24595" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24635" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deirdre@deirdre.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Conspire List <conspire@linuxmafia.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 8, 2018 9:56 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [conspire] Why you should always test your backups<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24493"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24618">Junior dev wipes out production on first day, can’t be restored:<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24617"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24598"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6ez8ag/accidentally_destroyed_production_database_on/" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24597">https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6ez8ag/accidentally_destroyed_production_database_on/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24492"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533744584628_24495">Linked to from an unfortunate thread yesterday about someone who accidentally stepped on (and killed) a dog they didn’t know about while whiteboarding in a job interview:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/95dgrx/i_am_absolutely_mortified_and_embarrassed_beyond/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/95dgrx/i_am_absolutely_mortified_and_embarrassed_beyond/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Let’s just say it made me feel better about my recent round of job interviews.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Deirdre<br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">conspire mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>