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SergeBroom ([personal profile] sergebroom) wrote2013-01-30 07:16 pm

how many people?

"How many corporate employees does it take to fix an urgent database issue?"
"Ten. One to propose a simple solution in the morning, nine people uncomfortable with that simple solution so they propose a convoluted solution that would take four days, until the end of the day and many emails later when they decide to go with the simple solution, which takes less than 40 minutes to implement."
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[personal profile] onyxlynx 2013-01-31 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
I've worked there. Before email, so it actually took 4 days to get to the simple solution..
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[personal profile] onyxlynx 2013-01-31 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Har. My dentist noted that I seemed to have a lot of fibers between my teeth...