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[–] gonecalculate@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We had a saying at one of my former employers, "You don't get a medal for preventing a fire". We worked so hard to prevent problems before they happened, but a lot of managers just thought of us as a pain in the neck. The only time anyone got wider recognition was for fixing problems after they had some serious impact. A lot of the time those problems would have been easily preventable. It really seemed like the teams that were constantly having major issues in production were constantly being hailed as heroes by management.

[–] vox@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all