Reputation Memes

Funny how reputation works in tech. Deploy a thousand flawless builds? Nobody remembers. Accidentally run that DROP TABLE script on production instead of the test environment just one time ? Suddenly it's your new middle name at the company. Your tombstone will probably read "Here lies the person who brought down the payment system during Black Friday 2023." The database team still has a cardboard cutout of your face with a red X through it.