Time Mansour - Chapter 133



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Episode 133: What is a hero?

“Huh? Director!”

Manager Chae was walking briskly, but when he saw me, he suddenly stopped. The employee ID card hanging around his neck shook from side to side.

“Where are you going in such a hurry?”

“It’s the development department. If we don’t meet the schedule, we’re in big trouble. They’re causing trouble over there.”

Manager Chae answered while tying up his hair. He put the hair tie in his mouth and gathered the back of his hair together.

“Is your schedule tight?”

“I don’t know either. I guess it’s because the developers said so.”

He shrugged his shoulders while raising his hands and holding his head. After stroking his head like this several times, he put his hands down.

“But what’s going on, sir?”

I pointed up silently, my index finger pointing towards the drywall on the ceiling.

“I ended up getting summoned by the CEO. I guess that’s what I expected.”

“That too. I came here because I have a favor to ask of you as well.”

“Yes. Please come and help me quickly. I’m dying. Development, network, servers, data… everything is just a problem right now. And this time, the in-memory grid is giving me trouble, and I’ve been struggling for weeks because of it… ugh.”

Manager Chae poured out his complaints as if he had been waiting for them. As he shook his head with a haggard face, the hair tied back shook along with Manager Chae.

“If there was a problem with your In Memory product, why didn’t you contact me?”

“How can you do that? To someone who came to visit… Actually, I was thinking of you anyway. If it weren’t for the vacation, I would have asked you once… Since you’re an expert in this.”

no.

I’m not an expert. This is the first time I’ve ever used a product at my previous company. I only vaguely heard about what it was. At first, I didn’t even know how to operate it.

It wasn’t a product that was within the scope of my technical support service, but since others said they couldn’t do it, I had no choice but to do it myself.

“No. I’m not an expert. I told you that several times.”

“I heard that you were the most expert in the Whitesoft Asia branch.”

That’s what it was.

Because there were no product experts in Asia at all.

It was like being number one in the whole school in a school with only one student.

“Anyway, is there anything I can help you with? While I’m here, I’ll take a quick look.”

Your expression looked so tired, I thought I’d give you a hand for a moment.

“No. I put out the urgent fire. I think I’ll be getting off work soon anyway. Let’s go downstairs and have a cup of coffee.”

It seemed like the situation was already over. I looked at Manager Chae with a surprised expression.

There’s probably no one in the company who can touch that product. How did you solve it?

“Are you done with work? Are you done already?”

“Yes. I found the cause.”

“Who is it?”

The manager pointed to himself with his thumb in response to my question.

“Directly?”

“This time I put the counter in correctly.”

Manager Chae did an adorable uppercut into the air with his small hand.

My eyes widened. I looked at Manager Chae with even more surprise.

Manager Chae had never dealt with data products before. I took care of everything on his behalf.

So, of course, I thought I couldn’t do it.

“How on earth? You’ve never done a data product before.”

“Hey. I’ve been watching you struggle for years, sir. They say even a dog in a private school can recite poetry after three years.”

“···”

I don’t know much about Pungwol, but I think that old man’s way of speaking must have definitely been passed on to me.

‘Come to think of it, that uppercut was something I did too.’

I think he also learned my strange habits. I was no different from a shooter. For a moment, I felt a little sorry.

“Anyway, let’s grab a cup of coffee later. I’ll just pass this on and then head down.”

Manager Chae waved his hand and started running again.

In-memory grid. This product required an understanding of software.

Since Manager Chae was not a developer, it was not an easily accessible product.

‘It’s definitely not something that can be done in a hurry. I think he must have studied development consistently on his own.’

Manager Chae will move up. He deserves it. There aren’t many people in the company who work harder than you might think.

No matter what problem arises, isn’t working hard the right answer in the end?

While I was pondering the answer alone like that.

Ding.

The elevator has arrived.

Okay then.

Before the door even opened, the people around me were ready to rush forward.

I also leaned my upper body forward slightly.

**

Platform products are easy products if you can get them right. If you just place the containers well, they almost automatically rotate, so there isn’t much need for human intervention.

If we compare it to computer parts, it is equivalent to a motherboard.

Just as the motherboard had a relatively simple structure, so did the platform.

Since its role is to connect each part, there is not much difference in performance between products.

The problem is that the CPU, DRAM, SSD, and power supply are all connected to the motherboard.

When something goes wrong, you have to figure out where the error is and help each other out.

Since it is a product that involves relatively cutting-edge technology, there was no choice because the developers were not familiar with the platform environment.

Especially for products with few experts, such as in-memory grids, platform engineers had no choice but to solve them on their own.

Since there is no significant difference in software performance between each manufacturer, the outcome was ultimately decided by after-sales service.

So platform engineers had to be able to do almost everything.

Of course, this is only a story about when things go back to ideal conditions.

In reality, there was no engineer who knew how to do all that.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Manager Chae took a breath and sat down with a relaxed expression.

“I really worried about it. Should I contact the director or not? He went on vacation at that exact time, so I had no choice but to…”

After that, Manager Chae’s heroic tale continued. He started talking excitedly to himself about how he discovered the error and found the cause.

There was a unique sense of pleasure in solving a program error or finding the cause.

He landed a good punch. I used to express it that way, and Manager Chae was using a similar expression.

“But realistically, Mr. Chae can’t keep doing it. If it’s an in-memory grid product, there must be a manufacturer, what do they say?”

“If Director Da Jeong is like us, it will be easier for us to work.”

“yes?”

“They said to discuss simple technical issues with your partner. This is just a macro answer.”

ah.

That wasn’t a wrong statement. Foreign vendors are basically closer to a sales organization.

Technical support was delegated to a domestic partner company that was a subcontractor.

At best, it’s a mid-sized partner company. Naturally, the salaries of the employees were obvious.

There’s no way a technician who knows everything, including platform data development, would be paid that salary and stay there.

This is the reason why large-scale platform-related businesses are sluggish in Korea.

If they are necessary technicians, they should be retained even if it means paying several times the market price, but the reality is that they have not been able to overcome the barrier of the annual salary table.

“It seems like the partner company just needs to spend some money on salaries. Why are they sparing with labor costs when the business is not in deficit but making a profit? It’s a business worth hundreds of billions of won… I just don’t understand.”

“It’s a question of fairness rather than money···”

It’s annoying when people keep asking why he gets paid so much.

That’s just because I don’t like hearing that, that’s why I set the salary cap.

“But why is it only us? It’s not like that for foreign companies, right?”

“Global companies have different wages in each country. The wage difference between an employee in an Indian branch and an employee in California would be several times. Even if they are at the same level.”

They are just used to an environment where there is a wage gap at the same level.

Domestic companies are just not like that.

“Still. If this keeps up, I’m really going to die.”

“Has it been that hard lately?”

“Yes. I haven’t had much rest recently. That’s why I’m saying this. When will you join us, Director? Please help me quickly.”

“I’m planning on going in before the performance check. Don’t worry. I’ll go and sort out the situation.”

So I lightly patted my chest with a confident expression.

Instead, Manager Chae looked at me with suspicious eyes.

“What? This is not like a director. This is the first time I’ve seen you make such a promise. You’re usually the type of person who does things well when you tell them to. You’re not the type of person who takes the initiative.”

“···”

Manager Chae narrowed his eyes and looked at me.

You’re really quick-witted.

He’s been with me for so long that he knows my work style.

“I’m saying this because I feel a bit sorry. Actually, I have something to gain from this representative.”

“Director? What do you want to gain?”

“Promotion. Promotion of the donation app. We are trying to provide global service. But there is no proper way to promote it.

“Ah. So you made a deal with the CEO?”

“It’s similar. If you push it through Ive, you can definitely gain recognition.”

So, please help me out, Manager. I told Manager Chae the main point.

Instead of just fixing the problem like before and leaving, we had to finish the project completely.

Then, this representative will have a reason to help me more actively.

And to complete the project smoothly, it was difficult for me to do it alone. I needed someone I could trust inside.

So I asked Manager Chae with an earnest expression.

“You can’t do it with bare hands. How much research have you done?”

Manager Chae looked at me with a vulgar expression.

I drew a circle with my finger.

You really learned all the bad things.

Where did the person who was asking me for help just now go?

He laughs and makes pointless jokes.

That appearance is just like.

It’s like looking in a mirror.

I found myself laughing.

**

It’s been a while since I’ve been to the gym.

After I picked up the bench, I lay down for a while.

“I thought you quit.”

The old man’s face suddenly covered the ceiling.

“Ah. Sorry. I should have told you in advance. I went on a short vacation.”

I wiped the sweat off my sleeve and got up. When I bowed my head slightly to greet him, the old man sat down on the bench next to me.

“Did you go to the beach? You’ve been through a lot in the past few weeks.”

“No, not the beach, but Thailand. Does it have a lot of tea?”

“Yes. Look in the mirror. It’s gotten really dark. The rich gentleman’s skin is naturally pale, so it stands out even more.”

At the old man’s words, I turned my head and looked in the mirror.

I still don’t know.

What a human being.

It’s all there.

“You really went out to play? You didn’t go for work, did you?”

“Well, it was a bit of a mixed bag. It felt like volunteer work.”

“Again? Anyway, you’re the type that causes trouble.”

Then he clicks his tongue. It has begun. The old man starts the engine slowly to make a fuss.

As expected, just like I expected.

“When I see a really rich guy, I feel like he wants to be some kind of hero. I think rich guys need to be a little more selfish. People…”

He started nagging like a machine gun. I wondered if there was a mileage system. He poured out everything he had accumulated.

“Really enjoy life. It’s time for young people to have fun.”

“No, I just had fun. I just do it because I have free time and free time.”

I answered nonchalantly.

A world where we live relying on each other.

If I were to support someone who is falling right now.

also.

When I fall later.

That someone would support me.

I just believe that.

like.

“No way. Let’s have a drink after you finish working out. You’re so ignorant of the world. People are so retarded.”

Just like this old man who worries about me, a total stranger.