• TipRing@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      At one of my prior positions they outsourced all the junior engineers to this firm that only had windows desktop support experience.

      Actual escalation I got:

      contractor: I am trying to remove this file that is filling the drive but it won’t let me

      me: show me what you are doing.

      contractor (screenshot): # rm -f /dev/hdc

      another one did rm -rf /var to clear a stuck log file, which at least did solve the problem he was having.

      After that I sent out an email stating that I would not help anyone who used he rm command unless they consulted with a senior first. I was later reprimanded for saying I wouldn’t help people.

      • B-TR3E@feddit.org
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        11 hours ago

        I was later reprimanded for saying I wouldn’t help people.

        I’ve heard that before. “No. I won’t close the circuit breaker while you’re holding the wires.” “Boss!..”