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Jul 13Performance Dehancement
by in Feature Articles on 2013-08-13Les got an unexpected promotion to head developer, when his cranky old micromanaging boss Frank tendered his resignation one Monday. Frank knew his stuff, but couldn’t silence a constant whine over any grievance, no matter how slight. It would be a relief to not have to listen to him complain about everyone any more, especially his complaints about Phil, the Vice President.
Frank’s chair had been empty for mere seconds when Phil stepped in to Les’ office with a performance issue in production. Phil explained that the company’s bread-and-butter website was crawling at a snail’s pace. The site had only been rolled out to half of their contracted users, and Phil was worried about scaling. “I need you to look into this right away. This is a great opportunity for you to show me how you can handle big responsibilities, Les!”