Lemmy, what are some of your "oh shit" work stories?

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It's always fun when a job calls you up after you've been fired to ask how to do the things they didn't know you were doing

Yep, I remember in one job I was at for 8 years a manager 2 levels up complemented me for sorting out the networking for a re-arrange of our own office ... I was gobsmacked because I'd been managing a whole network and server upgrade for a client that involved well over 1000 users at the time yet an hour of fiddling with wires under desks was the only thing that got his attention.

One job I was fired from and rehired within the day, after they quickly realised that I was their only Android developer and they couldn't build an app with just hopes and wishes. They fired me again later, which they quickly regretted since I was the only one with the signing key (meaning they couldn't update the app).