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[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 41 points 3 days ago (2 children)

See the trick is to work with computers, not people. People are what fuck everything up. Especially if it's customers and not coworkers.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Attempted to fix the issue, but the problem exists between the keyboard and chair."

[–] Digestive_Biscuit 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

PICNIC. Problem in chair, not in computer.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

PEBKAC: Problem exists between keyboard and chair – The acronym I’m used to.

[–] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is the truth. Client and user support is often horrific, but if you can land something working with just the technology it can be pretty nice.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I'm there now finally... I want to retire from here. The stress is just gone. Pure dev. No prod. No emergencies. No on call.