[wtH!] You Can Bank On It

Here's a snapshot of 2 overworked and highly stressed PMs (from different companies) talking about FSI projects .... it''s interesting how the infra and systems can continue to function sometimes in the first place!

Anyway, enjoy the modern-life horror story!

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Me 说：I am very rushed
Me 说：u leh
SomeBody 说：same here
SomeBody 说：bugger
SomeBody 说：seriously
Me 说：tot u have honeymoon now
SomeBody 说：after i hear the horror stories of BANKSOMEWHERE, anything less then a 1000 bugs is impressive
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Me 说：Production bugs or UAT bugs
SomeBody 说：production
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SomeBody 说：when we cutover, got people calling in BANKSOMEWHERE asking why they got more money
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Me 说：eh dude how the hell can production have 1000 plus errors one?
Me 说：that is like no testing just taruh into production la
SomeBody 说：can
Me 说：that is damn wild la
Me 说：even my project the SOME REFERENCE TO PREVIOUS PROJECT one not like that
Me 说：damn (expletive) la
Me 说：what is the time frame for the 1000 bugs?
SomeBody 说：hahaha
Me 说：1 month or 1 year or 10 years? Gimme the context
SomeBody 说：there was MULTIPLE PARTIES NAMED pressure to go live
SomeBody 说：1 month
Me 说：Ah .... typical la
SomeBody 说：put it this way
Me 说：hahaha
SomeBody 说：they did 4 dry runs
SomeBody 说：and compared balance
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SomeBody 说：1st dry run, out by 10 mil SOMECURRENCY
SomeBody 说：2nd dry run, out by 5 million SOMECURRENCY
SomeBody 说：3rd dry run out by 1000 SOMECURRENCY (illegal branch code)
SomeBody 说：4th dry run, out by 20 million SOMECURRENCY
SomeBody 说：then go live
SomeBody 说：bwahahahhahahahaha
Me 说：HAHAHAHA!!!
Me 说：So they used the 3rd dry run as the baseline la?
Me 说：as long as did not lose 1000 million ... ok la
SomeBody 说：haha