Escape Room Concept

3 years ago by simple to c/programmer_humor

DonjonMaister 24 points 3 years ago

Even if you DO escape, there is no guarantee that you'd leave with your sanity intact.

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way_of_UwU 12 points 3 years ago

Imagine at 00:59 minutes elapsed, your boss enters and informs you that it's actually an upstream data issue and that no changes are required.

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Steeve 4 points 3 years ago

How'd your boss figure that out before you did?!

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flambonkscious 2 points 3 years ago

This is the data gathering process for the performance review, maybe?

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Lemmyin 3 points 3 years ago

Lol you just made my day with that comment

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sudo_shinespark 18 points 3 years ago

As someone who has lived this scenario, I feel comfortable concluding there isn’t any escape. If you fail, the problem will still be there later. If you succeed, you have now become an expert on the problem and we be called upon to handle it again later when it manifests in a different way

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here

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darkpanda 18 points 3 years ago

Did you mean to write “job description” instead of “escape room concept”?

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hiscapness 13 points 3 years ago

I actually had something similar to this. It’s impossible. That “hour” ended up being two weeks while sleeping under my desk. But hey I got a “you saved the company!” … hat. Yep, hat. #neveragain

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Berserker 9 points 3 years ago

And go.

Coffee.

Then a blank soulless stare.

And silence. Lots of silence.

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Cannacheques 6 points 3 years ago

Silent mind warfare lol

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ilovegoats 6 points 3 years ago

i had a similar idea for a video game. the idea was that you have to solve a problem or penetrate a server in limited time. you would've to capture the flag by sql injecting a server or get the output of a bugged code that you have to fix.

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theblueredditrefugee 5 points 3 years ago

This is an impossible challenge

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msage 2 points 3 years ago

So you want me to pay for something I get paid a lot of money to endure?

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fiestapinguino 2 points 3 years ago

Why would I pay for this experience lmao. Unless we are talking “saw” or “cube” scenarios

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radau 2 points 3 years ago

Blame Fake virus attack

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andyli 1 point 3 years ago

Better than free labour. Devs will come to pay entry fee to work.

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