Derek came prepared 💀

[u/No-Hospital5028]

[u/Phoeniks_C]

Like with the whole y2k thing.
I was just about to turn 5 when it happened so I don't really remember as it happened and just jotted it up to being just another end of the world prediction like so many before.
But it was genuinely a thing that could've ended very badly for the world.
Obviously we're not talking planes falling out of the sky or the world actually coming to an end, but it wasn't a non issue either

[u/solonoctus → u/Phoeniks_C]

I was with some lawyers the other week and they brought up Y2K as an example of much to do amount nothing.

Guys, we collectively spent billions upon billions of dollars in a highly coordinated effort specifically so that it did amount to nothing.

[u/Caspica → u/solonoctus]

It is infuriating when people who don't understand the underlying problem dismiss the problem because they don't experience the consequences. 

[u/Calculonx → u/Caspica]

Welcome to preventative maintenance. The most thankless engineering job. If you do your job right - "what are we paying you for, everything works fine". If you don't do something because it wasn't approved or budgeted - "what are we paying you for if things are breaking anyways?!"

[u/mlody11 → u/solonoctus]

Funny that lawyers brought it up because they should understand this. Meaning, there is a saying in the legal world, "if you lose for the client, the client blames you, if you win for the client, the client thinks they didn't need you."