Last month my intern asked for help with a Kubernetes error.

He was stuck on a YAML file.

He looked desperate.

I make $275,000 a year.

I haven't written a line of code since 2017.

I don't even know what a "pod" is.

But I didn't tell him that.

I leaned back in my Herman Miller chair.

I said, "Stop trying to code. Start prompting."

I told him to paste the error into ChatGPT.

He did.

The AI told him to delete the cluster.

He did.

Production went down instantly.

The CEO called me screaming.

I didn't panic.

I told the CEO we were "testing our disaster recovery protocols."

He was impressed by my foresight.

I got a bonus.

The intern got fired.

Innovation requires sacrifice.

Just not mine.

- we should rewrite it in rust
- yeah, it will be so fast
- have you ever written rust code?
- no, have you?
- no