If you've been in this space long enough, you have probably been sandwiched by jaredfromsubway.
No doubt you've heard of him.
Today, he was beaten at his own game to the tune of ~$14M.
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My CFO flagged a recurring expense today.
We pay $4,000 a month for a project management tool.
He checked the logs.
Nobody has logged in since February.
He said, "We are wasting money. Cancel it."
I looked him in the eye.
I said, "No."
He was confused.
I explained the concept of shelfware.
We don't pay for the software because we use it.
We pay for it so I can tell the Board of Directors that we "leverage" it.
It looks good on the tech stack slide.
It makes us look organized.
It makes us look enterprise-ready.
The value isn't in the utility.
The value is in the narrative.
We kept the subscription.
And scared money makes no money.
Last month my intern asked for help with a Kubernetes error.
He was stuck on a YAML file.
He looked desperate.
I make $275,000 a year.
I haven't written a line of code since 2017.
I don't even know what a "pod" is.
But I didn't tell him that.
I leaned back in my Herman Miller chair.
I said, "Stop trying to code. Start prompting."
I told him to paste the error into ChatGPT.
He did.
The AI told him to delete the cluster.
He did.
Production went down instantly.
The CEO called me screaming.
I didn't panic.
I told the CEO we were "testing our disaster recovery protocols."
He was impressed by my foresight.
I got a bonus.
The intern got fired.
Innovation requires sacrifice.
Just not mine.
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! 💙
Whether you’re a biological dad, a Doki dad, or just carrying the squad through life…
Today’s for you.
Thanks for keeping the chaos in check (or trying to 😈)
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