On Call This week's episode of On Call, as ever, comes with a warning: Be careful moving that beige box, for you may not realise what it does.
Register reader "Jim" was the recipient of today's super-urgent callout, which occurred during his final week of paid employment ahead of a well-earned retirement.
Jim was a 20-year veteran at his company, having worked in the development team that ran the multinational firm's overseas factories. Describing himself as the resident PostgreSQL evangelist, he'd been given "the talk" by his boss and, like so many in the IT world, found his department was to be dissolved and the work sent abroad.
Luckily, he was near enough to retirement to opt for a life not spent toiling under The Man and used his remaining six months ..
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