Some gigs I have gone in and they have given me their login to create my own account, I kid you not
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Most gigs I go in, log into things using default post-install usernames and passwords and create my own accounts.
One place phoned me up four months after I left to ask if I happened to know the usernames and passwords for a production system I had never accessed. Whoops.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Had a mate who left a company and built a server and left them the local admin password. A few months later someone removed the roles to the server and only way back in was the local admin account. They could not find the password, so called him and he said he could remember it but they would have to pay 500 pound and email confirmation and he will invoice and then provide it. They did as well.Originally posted by doodab View PostMost gigs I go in, log into things using default post-install usernames and passwords and create my own accounts.
One place phoned me up four months after I left to ask if I happened to know the usernames and passwords for a production system I had never accessed. Whoops.Comment
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Not surprised. My laptop HD blew and it took 10 days for the replacement to show up. In the meantime my Lan ID was killed due to lack of use, my VPN account was also killed, and IT began wondering where the old laptop was..I gave it back to them. Two months on, still no sorted.McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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Production system at previous place had the same superuser password as the test environment ..... because the database was originally replicated from test.
"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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Waited 3 weeks one time sans laptop or sign-on. Just had 4 months getting splinters so no way I was going to stay off. Settled into having long morning and afternoon coffee breaks with a couple of chaps in the same boat at the on-site costa. Found it very hard to break that habit when the kit did turn up due to the work being beyond boring. Financial crisis hit 3 months later and was given 8 hours notice to leave...
Not my best contract experience !Comment
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You got paid didn't you?Originally posted by lukemg View PostWaited 3 weeks one time sans laptop or sign-on. Just had 4 months getting splinters so no way I was going to stay off. Settled into having long morning and afternoon coffee breaks with a couple of chaps in the same boat at the on-site costa. Found it very hard to break that habit when the kit did turn up due to the work being beyond boring. Financial crisis hit 3 months later and was given 8 hours notice to leave...
Not my best contract experience !
Sounds alright for me - like taking a break between contracts, but still being able to invoice for it.Comment
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