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Eric Neustadter (e)
@thevowel.com

DAMMIT NPR. I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded. Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.

NPR@npr.org

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.

npr.orgY2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking outPeople feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Dave F
@siliconundergro.bsky.social

Same. I didn't get to go to any New Year's parties that year. I was under orders to be at home, sober, by my phone, in case anything happens. So there my ass was, all alone, playing Railroad Tycoon, watching Dick Clark on TV, and waiting for a phone call that never came, because I did a good job.

Roachy
@roachy.net

4am rolled round and no phone calls, so I popped my first beer of the new millennium and tried to catch up with the rest of the party. Bonus was indeed awesome though - as was the overtime for the 9 months before

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Lancelot
@newneo.bsky.social

My company were based in airports none of my team wanted to cover the phone so I did it, I figured I could have a couple and be fine… Midnight rolled around and not a peep!

Roachy
@roachy.net

Hard work paid off. I was working for a bank and we had so much broken software that got picked up in testing - major rewrites. I can honestly say we were all scared something might have been missed. Customers were signing in overnight to “live test” as well though so by 4 I knew I could chill

Roachy
@roachy.net

Same - I got shifted from support to a BA role for the duration - everything felt bizarrely calm after running up against such an immovable deadline. Odd times. Hoping I’m retired before 2038 ;-)