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to a Managerial role. Congrats!
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Is the documentation to be written in English, for English readers? Given the sample provided here, I don't think that it is those skills that are driving the change.
They're removing everything from your control, that may have made you indispensable.
It doesn't mean they'll definitely toss you out, it means that they very easily can, and probably will.
Or they'll forget all about how you held them for ransom, and keep paying a documentation writer well above market salary.
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I was attempting to get familiar with our file restoration software when I initiated a complete restoration of the department wide share drive.  My intent was to restore a test directory that I'd deleted - instead of that I kicked off a restore of everything.
The first hint that something was wrong was when after 1 minute the process was at 5%.
I figured a single small directory should take seconds - I killed the job.
I then had to send out the department wide email confession my goof encouraging people to check and make sure they didn't loose data. No better way to start a Tuesday morning than a note from the director asking for ideas on how to make sure this never happens again.
The good news is that a review of the logs this morning shows that no files were actually impacted - the job was still initializing when it was canceled. Whew.
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For the full effect, start the test restore on a Friday lunchtime, and then knock off for a long weekend! 
Remember to remove the battery from your cellphone...
[edit] typos - tablet autocorrect...  [/edit]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Every once and awhile I get the impression, indistinct and faint as it may be, that you don't have my best interests at heart.
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No, no - it's a learning experience.
You'd even look back on it and laugh, a few years later.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: remove the battery from your cellphone.
Two of the best pieces of advice -- especially the latter -- of the whole year.
Way to think outside the box. This little button he clicked is like an extra day off every week. 
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Be glad it did not delete all files before the restore.
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It is actually the same result either way.
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Quote: The good news is that a review of the logs this morning shows that no files were actually impacted - the job was still initializing when it was canceled.
If only you had noticed that BEFORE sending out the company wide email announcing the oops...
"Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses." - Arthur C. Clarke
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I know.... oh how I know.
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MehGerbil wrote: I was attempting to get familiar with our file restoration software
"Restoration" that doesn't ask for a confirmation?
"You are about to modify N items. Type 'elephant yes' to continue."
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It may have been calculating the "N" items.
And why should hurself be involved?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: It may have been calculating the "N" items.
Should not even allow such a dangerous action without doing some kind of elevation. In Wow (yes, Warcraft, the game) you have to type "DELETE" after deleting a special item. The extra step is there to prevent accidents.
Sometimes you protect the user; before restoring a backup on a live server the software should ask for blood as confirmation.
Level 95 
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Agreed! Just saying that maybe it hadn't gotten to asking that question yet. But, of course, it's just speculation.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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A co-worker walked into the restroom and said to me, "Oh, hiding out in the bathroom where you cannot break anything?"
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Well, what did you break while in there?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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From it I learned to check this:
MehGerbil wrote: The good news is that a review of the logs this morning shows that no files were actually impacted
Before to do:
MehGerbil wrote: I then had to send out the department wide email confession
The Jurassic period produced such an abundance of lethal predators, that the oceans were a virtual STEW OF ASSASSINS - The history channel
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MehGerbil wrote: No better way to start a Tuesday morning than a note from the director asking for ideas on how to make sure this never happens again
Response: I was unable to test the file restoration software because we lack a test system. We should have, as a minimum, a test system that mirrors production. That way, we can test in a sterile environment and ensure we don't have this happen again.
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Basically, you just asked for more funding without mentioning money.
*blink*
May I come and work for you?
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If management neglected to PROVIDE a test environment, then it reflects poorly on their PLANNING. So, as much as you were the land on the lever, so to speak, it was their responsibility to ensure what happened couldn't happen.
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Married... happily.
Just been in the trenches for almost 3 decades; learn a few things along the way.
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There's a set of tutorials, written by Simon Travaglia that you really MUST read that will help you in these matters: clickety[^]
Simon has been writing his blog for many years and is nothing short of Jedi in handling both users and management. 
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Been trying for a test environment here for years.
Nope.
Visions of accidentally deleting the forest.
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