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@sariel three years? Fuck man I need to put down the embalming fluids.
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@ComputerToucher I worked for a major MSP. I saw everyone's dirty laundry while there.
Probably worked with a hundred different companies in my tenure.
It's easy to spot terrible decisions when you've seen them made over and over again 🤣. -
@sariel Ahh that explains the swiftness. I spent maybe 2 weeks at an MSP before deciding "NOPE" and booking it to Nokia's data center.
Ah the life of being an Infra/Ops person. Empowered enough to see the sausage being made, dis-empowered enough to do shit about it. -
Allow me to add to your anxiety, I spoke to an electrician recently who was quite adamant that the entire electrical grid was a disaster waiting to happen.
Frankly I've come to believe that anyone who has worked in a given field long enough eventually realises just how janky things really are behind the scenes. It's not just tech, it's everything. -
@mcalis this! My other half is an engineer and he's exactly the same about his (niche) field
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@mcalis and then we wonder why ships are backed up at ports for weeks on end with spoiling goods in their cargo holds.
when your code is a mess but everything work out in the end
When you keep getting +1s on a rant you posted a month ago.
Go big or go home.
Tech startups, an analogy:
After 18 years going from help desk teams to NOC teams, telecom engineering and all manner of startups in between I have concluded the following:
Imagine wanting to start an aerospace company because you know how to fold a paper airplane, but not how to actually design and engineer an actual craft that will pass basic air worthiness checks.
That’s 99% of “tech” companies.
Discuss. I’ll make drinks.
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