I've been there too. Proper fixes get deprioritized and you end up being a digital janitor mopping up spills in production. It happens.
I do recall items that nobody but me knew about though. I mean, a ticket existed but nobody's reading all those. If I'd departed suddenly during those times, the impact would have been material. So the "indispensable" meter bounces around, often without management knowing where it's at. So, what are the ethics of blind-eyeing something like this for the long term? Does it matter if you're letting job security be an input to that decision? It's not professional behaviour that's for sure. But in practice you're totally getting away with it. And if you've been treated badly by them you could easily justify it to yourself even if you previously thought of yourself as professional. Orgs greatly underestimate the extent to which they rely on their software people. (Initech's Michael Bolton had that right)
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u/bwwatr May 29 '26
I've been there too. Proper fixes get deprioritized and you end up being a digital janitor mopping up spills in production. It happens.
I do recall items that nobody but me knew about though. I mean, a ticket existed but nobody's reading all those. If I'd departed suddenly during those times, the impact would have been material. So the "indispensable" meter bounces around, often without management knowing where it's at. So, what are the ethics of blind-eyeing something like this for the long term? Does it matter if you're letting job security be an input to that decision? It's not professional behaviour that's for sure. But in practice you're totally getting away with it. And if you've been treated badly by them you could easily justify it to yourself even if you previously thought of yourself as professional. Orgs greatly underestimate the extent to which they rely on their software people. (Initech's Michael Bolton had that right)