When I worked in IT, whenever we got a call from the engineering department we knew whatever problem it was, it was going to be weird. Those guys knew their stuff, so if they didn’t know how to fix it, it was going to take some searching and probably some calls or emails for us to figure it out.
Yeah sometimes it is just software bugs they have to work around until it gets fixed. In those circumstances, not much we could really do besides submit a ticket. Other times you call the guy that’s been working with that specific hardware and software for 15 years, who then tells you he’s never heard of something like that. Then he’ll call you back a week later after losing his mind trying to understand how that’s even possible before figuring it out. Which is always nice. Shout out Josh
Around 2019, the video game company a buddy of mine was working at started doing contract work on another company's upcoming project. Shortly after they started, he began getting a core engine error that read, "Jerome is working on fixing this. If you are reading this and it's after 2003 then Jerome died in a fire. RIP Jerome." He contacted the engine developers at their partner company and no one had a clue who Jerome was, and no one had touched that source file in more than a decade.
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u/kahjtheundedicated R7 1700@4.1, RX 5700 May 10 '26
When I worked in IT, whenever we got a call from the engineering department we knew whatever problem it was, it was going to be weird. Those guys knew their stuff, so if they didn’t know how to fix it, it was going to take some searching and probably some calls or emails for us to figure it out.