Yikes, Jesse.
But yes, action. The best thing to do is own up, and have a plan for addressing it.
I kind of have to do that too. I rather misread a politically-sensitive situation, shot off a letter, and now have a rather angry letter from a set of lawyers in response. I'm going to have to bring in our lawyers and figure out a response that doesn't make matters worse. Bah.
I should have known better, but my boss was all, "Get shit done," and, well. I'm the subject-matter expert, I should have made more of an effort up front.
Ah! Definitely someone else's fault! I mean, also my fault, but definitely someone else's as well.
Phew.
Jesse, I'm glad that misery has company, at least. And accepting responsibility for your mistakes while carrying a feasible mitigation plan so far seems to be the best way of handling things that kinda gotta happen to everyone.
Fingers crossed for you too, Consuela.
I'm still trying to balance "being proactive" and "rushing to panic" as well as "being thorough" and "not working smart". My manager just stripped off half the testing I had planned for our upgrade on the 27th, and...less testing? Really? That's a thing? I mean, I defer, but I never want to be the one
suggesting
too little testing. I just want to take the new system, on the real hardware, and test every fucking thing on it. Apparently, no.
Oh. Okay.
(Please let there not be fuckups)
Yay on faultspreadedaroundidness. (I bet that's a word in German.)
This xkcd made me laugh and laugh (don't skip the mouseover text): [link]
Is the idea that passing cars with too-loud radios will be mobbed by hungry birds and squirrels when they pass by?
Is the idea that passing cars with too-loud radios will be mobbed by hungry birds and squirrels when they pass by?
That was my only explanation, but it took me a while to figure it out. I am sometimes not Randall Munro's target audience, I think...
White House Photographer Pete Souza's Year in Photos 2012.
I am confused by the xkcd as well... why would the birds stop the people from driving down the street?
Yay on faultspreadedaroundidness. (I bet that's a word in German.)
OMG, there should totally be a word for that!!
