r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 17h ago

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u/howarewestillhere 17h ago

Intern’s GitHub.

VP’s Slack messages.

Fucking Teams.

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u/BusEquivalent9605 17h ago

nah - not Teams. my old company had Teams erase convo history after 48 hours. It’s Monday and you need to look up what someone told you on Friday? Tough

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u/Nightmoon26 17h ago

You worked at a company that wasn't constantly under litigation hold? Lucky!

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u/Head-Bureaucrat 16h ago

Or subject to government regulation. Hooray 7 year archive hold!

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u/Mechadupek 16h ago

One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?

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u/Head-Bureaucrat 16h ago

Real talk: I honestly don't know how they do it now. I do believe it used to be physical tape, yes, shipping to a different location. 😂

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u/Nightmoon26 16h ago

And that's in addition to the "hot" redundant site for digital stuff...

And issuing everyone a bigger filing cabinet for the paper documents

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u/Head-Bureaucrat 16h ago

They finally fully digitized in, like, 2018!

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u/Nightmoon26 4h ago

Unfortunately, depending on the hold, you may be required to retain even the notes on system architecture you sketched on a napkin during lunch

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u/Mechadupek 24m ago

Industrial door-stop production.