• Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    When I used to work at Microsoft I had an uncanny knack for making installs not work. Things that just simply worked for other people would die with errors and bluescreens. I started to think I emitted a weird bioelectric field or something. But this only happened at that company, and strangely only when I worked on the premises.

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      I don’t know if it’s been studied, but anecdotally, I’ve known a few such “bug attractors.” As a software engineer, I am blessed that I know people that will turn my work into ashes in a matter of mere seconds - it’s amazing.

      If you really do have a knack for making computer software fail, a viable career in QA awaits you.

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        Strangely my knack seemed limited to making installs fail. I actually wrote some test automation software, including a language for specifying tests.

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        Ages ago in my help desk days, we had a remote user brick at least 3 laptops and 3 PocketPCs. They were fully dead, would not power on with different batteries/chargers. She used different outlets each time both in her house and at coffee shops. She left the company shortly after and I got promoted out of the role so I never figured out what happened.