A few years ago, a lone programmer named t0st did something extraordinary: he fixed an 8-year-old bug in GTA Online that had been driving players crazy. The bug? Painfully long load times, sometimes u
At a previous company, I got in trouble for fixing a bug because the company made a significant portion of their revenue from paid customer support fixing data related to the bug.
At a previous company, I got in trouble for fixing a bug because the company made a significant portion of their revenue from paid customer support fixing data related to the bug.
Wow… that sounds like a whistleblower type situation. Unfortunately, whistleblowing doesn’t pay the bills…
Not every whistleblower reveals their identity, just needs some proof and a good journalist.
Unless you have what it takes to be a celebrity