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I was young and conceit, and also good most of the time
- I was young and conceit, and also good most of the time
- More than once, I did lots of changes at night with no easy revert and no warnings to peers. I even did them hours before going home to pack all night for an early flight to France/Xmas when no one was there to fix anything if it went wrong
- The only things I did right were:
- I announced the changes I made.
- I made very few mistakes.
- I tested my changes to some extent before leaving.
- I watched afterwards to some extent and was usually fixing before most people noticed anything was broken
- Still, this was stupid, and no big company should allow this.
- Don’t rely on anyone’s talent and continued heroics.
Earlier in my career