|
|
| Non-WTF Job: Web Developer at ZoomInfo (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
|
|
|
| Non-WTF Job: Web Developer at ZoomInfo (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| « 1.20: Retention Plan | N-Replace Zero-Test » |
Originally posted by "snoofle" ...
One of our BA's was nosing around for me to make some changes under the radar. We are under strict orders to do everything via our Change-Management system - no exceptions. The BA knows this. He says that if we put it into the CM system, that the QA people will know about it. I pointed out that that's the whole idea of CM.
He then explained that he didn't want QA to know about this change because then they will start asking questions when they go to test it. When I queried as to why he might not want QA to know about or test a change he wanted, he sheepishly admitted that he had been "cooking the books" by changing the books-and-records after-the-fact, that he had inadvertently admitted doing as such to the folks who oversee such things, that they raked him over the coals, and that he wanted to remove all evidence of what he had been doing.
I asked him what change he needed, and after he walked away, I put it into the CM system: "Change needed: xxx; Reason: eliminate code that [BA] used to cook the books [details], mandated by [oversight team]".
And I get *paid* to be entertained by this guy! God, I *love* my job.
|
Not sure why this wasn't included in the original article, but here is a later post by the original person that explains what happened later.
Quote by snoofle in the thread linked to in the original story: "It took me about 10 minutes to restrict the privileges (mostly just adding a row to a permissions table and adding a 2 line check), and a couple of log statements. The QA folks seemed amused by my comments on the change request until they called to check and realized I was dead serious. They pushed it through and tested it in 10 minutes, then made a very public email about expediting this critical security patch into prod ASAP. I just got special permission to push it to prod mid-day. Emails are flying cc'd to *everyone* - this BA is toast! Addendum: apparently everyone hates this guy, and they're using this little patch as a reason to bury him. The oversight folks decided that instead of firing this guy, they would force him to be (effectively) demoted, have his privileges severely curtailed, and be completely humiliated. He's going to have to find another job. If nothing else, he'll never ask me for another favor :) " |
| « 1.20: Retention Plan | N-Replace Zero-Test » |
