How Jurassic Park Could've Ended

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How Jurassic Park Could've Ended

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The ultimate IT hostage situation! Dennis Nedry knew exactly what he was doing when he said "I'm the only IT person here. Pay me what I'm worth." It's the tech equivalent of having the nuclear codes.

Every company that runs on a single sysadmin is basically Jurassic Park waiting to happen. "Oh, you want documentation? That'll be another $50K. Want me to fix the critical bug at 3am? Hope you've got premium support!"

Hammond's reluctant "I'm not happy about it... but OK" is every CEO who just realized their entire operation depends on that weird guy with root access and a questionable fashion sense. If only they'd hired a backup dev before building a park full of murder lizards...

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