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0 pointsarethuza6y ago0 comments

There is a certain class of work in the IT/software world that is utterly thankless - nothing goes wrong and people wonder what they pay you for, something goes wrong and the very same questions get asked.

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protomyth6y ago

All of your successes will occur in the dark of night and all of your failures will occur in the bright light of day.

Welcome to most enterprise IT shops.

Psyladine6y ago

It's not IT/software, it's in every field, it's called shitwork, that you don't get credit for, but catch hell if it isn't.

e.g. "what do we pay all these janitors for when this place looks spotless?"

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