What do you do?
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When your software is the cause of a major problem, loss of major money, massive hours for many people, and/or any other very noticeable situation that puts a bad spotlight on things. Luckily it is the integration of other work into mine, but I don't use that as an excuse... I integrated it, I tested it, I take some responsibility for it.... But self-flagellation is no longer for me. I get to work monday, though it is normally a holiday, as I told my boss... now we have to do our best to fix it, and fix it ASAP and earn back a better spotlight. With any luck, we may get back the view we had on Tuesday when we were the only people with their software working 100%.... unfortunately, we also turned out to be the cause of why the others were not.... My software handled the erroneous massive interrupts without blinking much... the others didn't fair too well.... :doh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
It doesn't help anything, but at that point things are kinda beyond help.
I am tired and sleepy that's why i am at office. -- Adnan Siddiqi, The Soapbox's Future
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It doesn't help anything, but at that point things are kinda beyond help.
I am tired and sleepy that's why i am at office. -- Adnan Siddiqi, The Soapbox's Future
Shog9 wrote:
It doesn't help anything, but at that point things are kinda beyond help.
Unfortunately I probably wouldn't stop. Been that route... guzzling alcohol like I do sodas now. Nope, I need to do it without alcohol, that would be one cure that I might not walk away from.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Shog9 wrote:
It doesn't help anything, but at that point things are kinda beyond help.
Unfortunately I probably wouldn't stop. Been that route... guzzling alcohol like I do sodas now. Nope, I need to do it without alcohol, that would be one cure that I might not walk away from.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
that would be one cure that I might not walk away from
Ah, sorry then, didn't realize that. Well then, out of the various things i resort to in situations like this, a solitary hike through a desolate area is probably the least self-destructive.
I am tired and sleepy that's why i am at office. -- Adnan Siddiqi, The Soapbox's Future
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When your software is the cause of a major problem, loss of major money, massive hours for many people, and/or any other very noticeable situation that puts a bad spotlight on things. Luckily it is the integration of other work into mine, but I don't use that as an excuse... I integrated it, I tested it, I take some responsibility for it.... But self-flagellation is no longer for me. I get to work monday, though it is normally a holiday, as I told my boss... now we have to do our best to fix it, and fix it ASAP and earn back a better spotlight. With any luck, we may get back the view we had on Tuesday when we were the only people with their software working 100%.... unfortunately, we also turned out to be the cause of why the others were not.... My software handled the erroneous massive interrupts without blinking much... the others didn't fair too well.... :doh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
You fix it. Even if fixing it didn't matter at all. You still fix it. Because it will stand and stand a long time that you at least fixed the problem. Even if it only matters to you. Fix it. If you need more compelling reasons here's the one that you cannot argue with. The type of person that you are means that you will fix it regardless. It's the risk we all take when coding. Something *can* go wrong. When it does we fix it and then we hope the fix was enough. But Brickley! You DA Man! You'll get it done right and make it look easy.:rose:
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When your software is the cause of a major problem, loss of major money, massive hours for many people, and/or any other very noticeable situation that puts a bad spotlight on things. Luckily it is the integration of other work into mine, but I don't use that as an excuse... I integrated it, I tested it, I take some responsibility for it.... But self-flagellation is no longer for me. I get to work monday, though it is normally a holiday, as I told my boss... now we have to do our best to fix it, and fix it ASAP and earn back a better spotlight. With any luck, we may get back the view we had on Tuesday when we were the only people with their software working 100%.... unfortunately, we also turned out to be the cause of why the others were not.... My software handled the erroneous massive interrupts without blinking much... the others didn't fair too well.... :doh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
resign is the manly thing to do.
You don't see a WTF in spawning hundreds of threads ?? Or using code found on places like codeproject.com in production applications ... Code that is most likely untested, or barely test, more often than not, not made by reputable developers/development groups/etc ?? .... Wow ...---WTF
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resign is the manly thing to do.
You don't see a WTF in spawning hundreds of threads ?? Or using code found on places like codeproject.com in production applications ... Code that is most likely untested, or barely test, more often than not, not made by reputable developers/development groups/etc ?? .... Wow ...---WTF
Varindir Rajesh Mahdihar wrote:
resign is the manly thing to do.
No, resign is the stupid thing to do
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
that would be one cure that I might not walk away from
Ah, sorry then, didn't realize that. Well then, out of the various things i resort to in situations like this, a solitary hike through a desolate area is probably the least self-destructive.
I am tired and sleepy that's why i am at office. -- Adnan Siddiqi, The Soapbox's Future
Shog9 wrote:
a solitary hike through a desolate area is probably the least self-destructive.
my every weekend solution to stress. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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resign is the manly thing to do.
You don't see a WTF in spawning hundreds of threads ?? Or using code found on places like codeproject.com in production applications ... Code that is most likely untested, or barely test, more often than not, not made by reputable developers/development groups/etc ?? .... Wow ...---WTF
You were trying with the joke thing, right?
"We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the internet, we know this is not true." -- Professor Robert Silensky
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When your software is the cause of a major problem, loss of major money, massive hours for many people, and/or any other very noticeable situation that puts a bad spotlight on things. Luckily it is the integration of other work into mine, but I don't use that as an excuse... I integrated it, I tested it, I take some responsibility for it.... But self-flagellation is no longer for me. I get to work monday, though it is normally a holiday, as I told my boss... now we have to do our best to fix it, and fix it ASAP and earn back a better spotlight. With any luck, we may get back the view we had on Tuesday when we were the only people with their software working 100%.... unfortunately, we also turned out to be the cause of why the others were not.... My software handled the erroneous massive interrupts without blinking much... the others didn't fair too well.... :doh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
You fix the problem, but mostly you learn from the experience so that you can try and avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future.
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When your software is the cause of a major problem, loss of major money, massive hours for many people, and/or any other very noticeable situation that puts a bad spotlight on things. Luckily it is the integration of other work into mine, but I don't use that as an excuse... I integrated it, I tested it, I take some responsibility for it.... But self-flagellation is no longer for me. I get to work monday, though it is normally a holiday, as I told my boss... now we have to do our best to fix it, and fix it ASAP and earn back a better spotlight. With any luck, we may get back the view we had on Tuesday when we were the only people with their software working 100%.... unfortunately, we also turned out to be the cause of why the others were not.... My software handled the erroneous massive interrupts without blinking much... the others didn't fair too well.... :doh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Orange mocha frappacino :-D * * Zoolander reference. Not sure how many around here are Ben Stiller fans?
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When your software is the cause of a major problem, loss of major money, massive hours for many people, and/or any other very noticeable situation that puts a bad spotlight on things. Luckily it is the integration of other work into mine, but I don't use that as an excuse... I integrated it, I tested it, I take some responsibility for it.... But self-flagellation is no longer for me. I get to work monday, though it is normally a holiday, as I told my boss... now we have to do our best to fix it, and fix it ASAP and earn back a better spotlight. With any luck, we may get back the view we had on Tuesday when we were the only people with their software working 100%.... unfortunately, we also turned out to be the cause of why the others were not.... My software handled the erroneous massive interrupts without blinking much... the others didn't fair too well.... :doh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
- You go home at the end of the day and leave it at the office.
- You get up the next day, go in to work, and give it hell until it's right.
- At all points in between, you remember that you work to live, not the other way around.
However, I must say that given the nature of the toys you play with, I might be a little concerned about my work following me home... :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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When your software is the cause of a major problem, loss of major money, massive hours for many people, and/or any other very noticeable situation that puts a bad spotlight on things. Luckily it is the integration of other work into mine, but I don't use that as an excuse... I integrated it, I tested it, I take some responsibility for it.... But self-flagellation is no longer for me. I get to work monday, though it is normally a holiday, as I told my boss... now we have to do our best to fix it, and fix it ASAP and earn back a better spotlight. With any luck, we may get back the view we had on Tuesday when we were the only people with their software working 100%.... unfortunately, we also turned out to be the cause of why the others were not.... My software handled the erroneous massive interrupts without blinking much... the others didn't fair too well.... :doh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
You find the guy in the office is the least popular and lay the blame squarely at his feet. :rolleyes: I guess good luck has already been ruled out, so break a leg.
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resign is the manly thing to do.
You don't see a WTF in spawning hundreds of threads ?? Or using code found on places like codeproject.com in production applications ... Code that is most likely untested, or barely test, more often than not, not made by reputable developers/development groups/etc ?? .... Wow ...---WTF
Feel free to resign from CP, :bob: will kick you out the door :)
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You fix it. Even if fixing it didn't matter at all. You still fix it. Because it will stand and stand a long time that you at least fixed the problem. Even if it only matters to you. Fix it. If you need more compelling reasons here's the one that you cannot argue with. The type of person that you are means that you will fix it regardless. It's the risk we all take when coding. Something *can* go wrong. When it does we fix it and then we hope the fix was enough. But Brickley! You DA Man! You'll get it done right and make it look easy.:rose:
code-frog wrote:
You'll get it done right and make it look easy.
Well, obviously it is too late to make it look easy. But we will fix it, and I have plans in place to make sure we detect this in the future no matter who on the team creates the module. It will be fixed, and modules placed for the future to be able to see when this happens again. Although we have test projects, and I try to push them, the major application has diagnostic capability in and of itself so it becomes the test application also. The next mistake will have to be something different because each time I find something like this (this is the first time outside my lab since I was much younger), the application gets smarter.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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- You go home at the end of the day and leave it at the office.
- You get up the next day, go in to work, and give it hell until it's right.
- At all points in between, you remember that you work to live, not the other way around.
However, I must say that given the nature of the toys you play with, I might be a little concerned about my work following me home... :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
However, I must say that given the nature of the toys you play with, I might be a little concerned about my work following me home...
Now that is a disturbing thought.... Do I need to get one of those groucho glasses sets with a trenchcoat and wide brimmed hat? :~ ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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resign is the manly thing to do.
You don't see a WTF in spawning hundreds of threads ?? Or using code found on places like codeproject.com in production applications ... Code that is most likely untested, or barely test, more often than not, not made by reputable developers/development groups/etc ?? .... Wow ...---WTF
Varindir Rajesh Mahdihar wrote:
resign is the manly thing to do.
abandon the project, leave the problem with someone else, place greater risk of future problems by not returning the knowledge gained from this, increasing the chance of the same problem happening again. hmmmm... In short.... No.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
However, I must say that given the nature of the toys you play with, I might be a little concerned about my work following me home...
Now that is a disturbing thought.... Do I need to get one of those groucho glasses sets with a trenchcoat and wide brimmed hat? :~ ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
with a trenchcoat
I'd make that a radar absorbant trench coat, just to be on the safe side... :laugh:
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
with a trenchcoat
I'd make that a radar absorbant trench coat, just to be on the safe side... :laugh:
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
just to be on the safe side...
Just to be on the safe side... I think I will add... Adaptive Camouflage[^] and of course a miniature version of... Electric armour[^]
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
just to be on the safe side...
Just to be on the safe side... I think I will add... Adaptive Camouflage[^] and of course a miniature version of... Electric armour[^]
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
:laugh:
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com