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It's not about dinosaurs or fences, the whole story is about the danger of underpaying your IT guy.
Actually just underspending on IT in general. Having one single guy for the entire infrastructure of a theme park would already be insane on its own, but it's also a genetic science/breeding facility and zoo, and the only civilization on the island. That's way tf too much for one single IT guy. He could have been the highest paid staff member and you could still hardly blame him for what he did.
And even if he didn't go rogue, there is always bus factor to consider. How many people can get hit by a bus before your company breaks down? For a scary amount of companies, the number is exactly one because there is always that one expert who knows stuff that nobody else does.
I've worked at a company like that and the important person wanted to pay rise, and the company wouldn't give it to him so he quit. Management are idiots
But there were two IT guys…
If I recall correctly he was the boss of a team back wherever his company was. It kinda makes sense he would have knowledge of the dinos, but most of his team was kept in the dark to keep it from leaking.
Still though you need at least a couple people on site.
Or a second person, because sabotage is less likely with more people and the park wouldn't be running on spaghetti code.
Was that a fat joke?!??!!!
Ooooh good point.
The IT guy underbid on a contracted job and wanted more money. It wasn't like he could just be given a raise or a bonus because he wasn't a regular employee.
Maybe the whole system of getting a bunch of bids and just going with the cheapest bid is fucking stupid in the first place. And the whole treating those who should be partners instead as adversaries where you each try to outmaneuver the other might get in the way of building a reliable system.