I watched some poor guy at an agency I worked for slide into the drive the single CDRW that his life's work was sitting on. A few whizzes later a large explosion shook the room from the drive and bits of plastic went flying all over the room from the drive (it was one of those shitty pioneer slot loaders).
He literally, despite being 30, cried his eyes out for about an hour.
That was when I learned not to fuck around with data security and backups...
I wish everyone this experience at least once but without the pain of losing so much. It's really important to always have the backup monkey on your back.
When I was 16, I lost a hard drive with 2 years of game development work on it. I eventually rebuilt the game much bigger and better, and shipped it, but not before I cried for three days straight. Now I never leave anything un-backed up that I would be disappointed about losing. Fortunately for us, storage is far cheaper now than it was when I was a kid.
He literally, despite being 30, cried his eyes out for about an hour.
That was when I learned not to fuck around with data security and backups...
I wish everyone this experience at least once but without the pain of losing so much. It's really important to always have the backup monkey on your back.