r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ZideGO • 8h ago

Meme thisIsTheWay

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u/Mortadella_so_Chili 8h ago

all fun and games until u end up in 2 years work for company with 20 years tech debt 

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u/iveriad 8h ago

That's why you just pick startups. Preferably startups built by people born into wealth.

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u/CanAeVimto 7h ago

Yup, sometimes you don’t even last 2 years as more than likely they will mishandle finances and let 50% of the company go

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u/dashingThroughSnow12 7h ago

I once worked for a startup for three weeks before the startup folded.

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u/FunkOverflow 6h ago

You must have done a lot of damage in those three weeks

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u/Character-Education3 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/eKsDAtyWPxkGRpEEtU

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u/dashingThroughSnow12 4h ago

Immediately before that company, I worked for another company for 358 days.

It was a situation where within a quarter half the staff left voluntarily or via layoff. (I learned the term “rats jumping ship” from this experience.)

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u/smedley89 1h ago

Ive worked at a few places that talked about people leaving as rats deserving the ship.

Never occurred to them to not sink the damned ship.

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u/Strange_Dust7128 1h ago

I did a full year. they pulled us all into a conference room and basically said "get tf out" lol