carlitospig t1_jbzx66j wrote on March 13, 2023 at 12:37 AM

Reply to comment by lazyFer in [OC] Bank Failures by US State since 2000 by pm_me_jupiter_photos

Ameriprise. Would they be considered ‘bank’? Though, I’m pretty sure they grew through the crisis through a well timed purchase of a trading arm.

lazyFer t1_jc07cf3 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 1:58 AM

Yeah, they were personal investment advisors, not a bank.

Coincidentally, they were the place I interviewed at one time with a group that wanted a data person to help solve their performance problems. When I told them they should let the database handle auto incrementing key generation rather than having a single component be called every time they needed a new key in any table in their database, they said they needed their performance fixed but not that way.

carlitospig t1_jc0ble9 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:31 AM

‘Not that way’ is always code for ‘Ack! Change?!’

lazyFer t1_jc0ikxx wrote on March 13, 2023 at 3:28 AM

Yeah, I never took jobs at places with that attitude.

When I interview people now, I always ask how they feel about throwing away code... Because if you aren't throwing away code, you're not learning from your mistakes. You never have perfect knowledge of how shit will be used until its being used.