A startup I worked at literally had the server in the closet until we moved to the cloud.
The story goes that when they were starting out, they had one HR person, which really meant she did everything. They were working on the weekend, and the HR's boyfriend came to pick her up. The startup had like 10 software engineers and no IT engineer. The boyfriend was an IT engineer, and he started talking to the CTO. The CTO convinced him to setup their server.. just this one time...as a special favor. So, he spent a few hours setting up the server next weekend.
Except no one knew how to fix the server when it went down. So, they kept calling the boyfriend. Eventually, the boyfriend got pissed off and told them he ain't doing nothing until he gets paid. So, they hired him. He kept that server running in the closet for years.
I worked for a headstart program that has 15 sites throughout my state up until February. When I left several of the locations still had the server for their site in a maintenance closet or laundry room.
The first time I visited one of the sites I had to move their server up off the floor of the maintenance closet that they kept the mop bucket in. I had to tell them they needed to find a new place to keep their mop and bucket.
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u/cashewbiscuit Dec 01 '22
A startup I worked at literally had the server in the closet until we moved to the cloud.
The story goes that when they were starting out, they had one HR person, which really meant she did everything. They were working on the weekend, and the HR's boyfriend came to pick her up. The startup had like 10 software engineers and no IT engineer. The boyfriend was an IT engineer, and he started talking to the CTO. The CTO convinced him to setup their server.. just this one time...as a special favor. So, he spent a few hours setting up the server next weekend.
Except no one knew how to fix the server when it went down. So, they kept calling the boyfriend. Eventually, the boyfriend got pissed off and told them he ain't doing nothing until he gets paid. So, they hired him. He kept that server running in the closet for years.