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[โ€“] [email protected] 134 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I'm in the building sciences. The biggest unanswered question we come up against almost daily is "what the fuck was the last guy thinking?". And we avoid, daily, admitting we were the last guy somewhere else.

[โ€“] [email protected] 82 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This sounds like software engineering in a nutshell.

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Software engineering is the study of constantly calling your predecessor an idiot.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Rules of Tech Support:

Rule T18 - You are incompetent. You just don't know it. At least, that's what your replacement will think.

Rule T18A - You will have to deal with techs who are incompetent.

Rule T18B - Sometimes, you really are incompetent.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Especially when you are that predecessor

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

Former intoxicology tech, was both guys daily lol.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

How many sciences have you built?