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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 55 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Unfortunately, most people who break things while they make changes will swear up and down that their change didn't break anything.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 months ago

I find it worse when they swear that they didn't do anything at all. The changes just happened spontaneously.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those people are almost as bad as the junior devs that are very confidently incorrect.

[–] Senshi@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Even worse? Senior devs that are confidently incorrect but are trusted completely because they created an "amazing" VBA macro for Excel 97 once.

[–] argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

Note that this also applies to politicians.

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 months ago

That's how to make a career. If you never make any mistakes, you're invisible. Don't do it too often though, or you'll eventually get promoted to management.

[–] meneervana@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It really depends on the situation. There are times, where it's better to let it play out exactly like this.

99% of the time though, it's best practice for me to announce my error, before anyone affected knows what hit them.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

"I have owned up to my mistake, and therefore you cannot blame me!"

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I try my damnedest to fix it before I announce it.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it didn't happen, management may ask what is your value.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I make things go