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I worked 80 hour weeks to deliver a platform for a hedge fund,then they fired me
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Re: I worked 80 hour weeks to deliver a platform for a hedge fund,then they fired me
#192I just do not believe this story. Nobody in the right mind will fire key software engineer 48 hours after system goes live. This is where all the bugs/problems show up and you need all hands on deck to fix them. Six months after launch when all problems are solved - absolutely, you can fire engineer. 48 hours after launch? absolutely not.
Never seen all engineers able to maintain legacy systems in a profitable business fired because the new half baked system is for sure gonna pan out?
Many CEOs are just playing a video game and don't care if they lose because they have extra lives.
Re: I worked 80 hour weeks to deliver a platform for a hedge fund,then they fired me
#193It sounds like they were never given written confirmation for the bonuses. How likely are you to face penalties if you put a "time bomb" in a codebase like this? Something with plausible deniability like let's say like an authentication script that you have to run every 30 days or the program stops working for "security reasons". Also you're the only one who knows where the script is and how to run it.
Are you serious? Answer your own question: if it were legal, then you certainly wouldn't need "plausible deniability."
Why do companies need plausible deniability to fire someone fulfilling their role?
Its the same idea from the opposite direction.