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[–] pat277@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Sometimes I wonder what my old employer would do if I didnt fix their problems, let alone a killswitch. They clearly didnt know how to hire anyone to fix their problems

Dude should have just added comments indicating that the code was part of some security test but was unfinished and extremely dangerous.

Change a few file names, add a comment how it will never run under normal circumstances, and you've got plausible deniability.

Honestly, if I had done something like this and they twigged to it, I’d consider just fucking off and joining the French foreign legion.

[–] Ksptm4@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I actually think I want to give this guy a pat on the back

[–] Cinder_bloc@lemmy.world 59 points 5 days ago

Every person that has worked in a sysadmin type role, has joked about doing something like this. Very few actually carry through with it. So, in a way, I kinda like this guy for actually doing it, even if he didn’t cover his tracks very well.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So he was pissed because they gave him less work to do???

I'm trying to understand it

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

IT work is feast or famine.

"IT people, your not doing anything, what the hell do we pay you for?"

"IT people, everything is on fire, what the hell do we pay you for?"

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

How is that feast or famine

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think they mean in terms of workload, not like pay or something. Either you have a lot of work, or very little work. But when you're needed, you're needed urgently.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 4 days ago

I have not had that experience at all. Things hardly caught on fire for us though.

[–] RGB@group.lt 2 points 5 days ago

i goes it is ON not OR

[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Part of me sympathizes with the guy, but this was reckless

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 43 points 6 days ago

I'd argue that he gave them extra code, a bonus if you will.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

and unlike dennis nedry, he didn't have to get killed by a dinosaur to do it.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I developed a spreadsheet for a company I worked for a few jobs ago. When I left I used a picture of Dennis to lock everyone out of the spreadsheet but only for one day, months after I left. Stupid idea, but felt good.

Edit: this was it:

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

I had created a few things on Google sheets that my coworkers were using. It wasn't anything groundbreaking, but one was a spreadsheet I'd made that had all of our driver's availability to assist with scheduling. The sheets were on my personal account, and we didn't end on good terms, so I just locked them all out. It was funny getting all the texts asking for access the next day. I told them to make their own.

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