Category: work
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New Normal
I mean, we think this traffic looks obviously abnormal, but what do we know?
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Please Stop It
Remember how we said this could happen if you kept doing the thing we said to stop doing? And then you kept doing that thing?
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If You Want Something Done
At least it is better than the classic: “Oh shoot, we don’t have any logs for that, so we can’t do anything! Bye! :)”
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It Meets Our SLA
After all the dust settles, let’s see how long it takes to make our problem also your problem.
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Mentally Challenged
I clearly demonstrated my excellent language skills on that day…
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One For All
Imagine how disappointing it is to find your team is responsible for an issue that’s not just affecting another internal team but also real customers.
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The Important Stuff
Luckily, not much changes day-to-day for many of us with a given re-org. And I’m sure we wouldn’t impulsively burn our bridges – because experience tells us we may well be re-org’d back someday.
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Dropping The Bomb
I remember when swearing in a large-scale meeting was really jarring, but now it’s like a sign of authenticity.
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Unexpected Returns
Luckily this was from 10 years ago, and I feel like we have, collectively, gotten better about working while on vacation.
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TGIF?
This was some years back, but I can still feel the visceral disbelief that it was fine to put the issue aside when they were ready to stop working for the day, but it could not be more urgent to wake us up at 2 AM.