DROP TABLE CAREER

Fkness score: 88/100 — FKED BEYOND REPAIR · Category: tech · Filed by anonymous

The situation

Deleted the production database on my first week

You didn't break production, you evicted it.

The read

New job, new record: fastest company-wide outage by an intern. The DB is gone and so is everyone's lunch break.

Damage report

• Damage: 95
• Own fault: 70
• Humiliation: 95
• Wallet damage: 70
• Fixability: 45
• Survival odds: 55%
• Recovery time: A few weeks
• Worst case: You become a cautionary tale at every onboarding.

Rescue plan

1. Tell your lead immediately — every minute matters.
2. Check for backups and point-in-time recovery.
3. Write down exactly what command you ran.
4. Accept that this is a process failure, not just you.

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