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Techie 'forgot' to tell boss their cost-saving idea meant a day of gaming
Techie ran up $40,000 bill trying to download a driver
Techie found an error message so rude the CEO of IBM apologized for it
Techie ended vendor/client blame game by treating managers like toddlers
Techie fooled a panicked daemon and manipulated time itself to get servers in sync
Servers hated Mondays until techie quit quaffing coffee in their company
Techie went home rather than fix mistake that caused a meltdown
Techie went home rather than fix mistake that caused a massive meltdown
Techie traveled 4 hours to fix software that worked perfectly until a new hire used it
Techie exposed giant tax grab, maybe made government change the rules
Techie traced cables from basement to maternity ward and onto a roof, before a car crash revealed the problem
Techie fixed a ‘brown monitor’ by closing a door for a doctor
GNOME Foundation's new executive director is Canadian, a techie, and a GNOME user
Techie solved supposed software problem by waving his arms in the air
Techie diagnosed hardware fault by checking customer's coffee
Techie pulled an all-nighter that one mistake turned into an all-weekender
Techie pointed out meetings are pointless, and was punished for it
Techie cleaned up criminally bad tech support that was probably also an actual crime
Techie fluked a fix and found himself the abusive boss's best friend