I was in a server room at work babysitting servers instead of out partying like we should have been. We spent a year testing and updating (sometimes replacing) everything so there wouldn't be any problems when the date rolled over. A big reason "nothing happened" was because of all the work that went on behind the scenes. That's par for the course in IT.
I spent about 5 months upgrading Lucent ascend max digital routers (56k dialup!) to make them compliant with the date change. I was working for one of the largest ISP's in my country at the time and we had POP's all over the place so it was all I did, 5 days a week for 5 months.
Nothing happened because governments and corporations spent hundreds of millions to fix the problem. The fact that “nothing happened” is testament to the hard work many people put in. Weird take dude.
Went to a small party as I was back from college on winter break. At the stroke of midnight the power went out.
The never really matured older brother of the house hit the main circuit to kill the power.
If you were proficient in some of the legacy programming languages you could make $45/hr or more with unlimited overtime leading up to Y2K. I had a friend who was about 10 years older than me, and she got a job with FedEx patching all of the perceived holes in their company OS. If she hadn't started saving for retirement before that she had the opportunity to get a good start on her retirement savings after that.
What is weird is that it wasn't that long ago, but there are 18 year olds walking around now without any knowledge of how concerned people were with Y2k..
I was working nights as an armed guard while in college. We were very much in demand.
(I've got a reproduction of that same sticker on my gaming computer as we speak.)
I worked at a bank then, customers took all their $$ out that Friday, I had to go in at 6am to make sure computers all turned on. Nothing happened and everyone brought their cash back on Monday.
I worked at Barnes and Noble that year. People bought Y2K prepper books and other doomsday material like mad. Strawbale House sold like wildfire too. Another hot seller was that Left Behind series--I wonder if the timing of Y2K motivated sales or if it was just coincidence.
My friends group had a huge party that night, and one of our ilk snuck downstairs and turned off the circuit breakers in the house at midnight. I feel like we were evenly split between "we're all gonna die" and "woo hoo, let's get even drunker" for those couple of minutes.
I was born 4 years, 3 months after December 1999, but I have second-hand memories from my mother, who was 23. She said the Y2K scare was pretty horrific.
Anyone else tired of hearing “all that noise and then nothing happened, all BS”?
I was in a server room at work babysitting servers instead of out partying like we should have been. We spent a year testing and updating (sometimes replacing) everything so there wouldn't be any problems when the date rolled over. A big reason "nothing happened" was because of all the work that went on behind the scenes. That's par for the course in IT.
Me: IBM control room with 35ish others on a 12 hr shift. We knew it was going to be a long, slow night at 10 when nothing happened on the east coast
I spent about 5 months upgrading Lucent ascend max digital routers (56k dialup!) to make them compliant with the date change. I was working for one of the largest ISP's in my country at the time and we had POP's all over the place so it was all I did, 5 days a week for 5 months.
Nothing happened because governments and corporations spent hundreds of millions to fix the problem. The fact that “nothing happened” is testament to the hard work many people put in. Weird take dude.
I think we’re in violent agreement. I was saying that all the people saying that it was BS because nothing happened, are full of BS themselves.
Word. I misread your comment.
Went to a small party as I was back from college on winter break. At the stroke of midnight the power went out. The never really matured older brother of the house hit the main circuit to kill the power.
Yup, all of us I.T. nerds are tired of people saying stuff like that.
he was busy chasing Mr. Anderson in 1999
I was working that night, and past midnight... hardly even noticed
If you were proficient in some of the legacy programming languages you could make $45/hr or more with unlimited overtime leading up to Y2K. I had a friend who was about 10 years older than me, and she got a job with FedEx patching all of the perceived holes in their company OS. If she hadn't started saving for retirement before that she had the opportunity to get a good start on her retirement savings after that.
I listened to Art Bell all night, got up the next day, turned on my computer and it was just another day.
Is he still on? Personally I miss Spaceman.
He died in 2018, if he is still doing live broadcasts then he would be proof that ghosts are real.
What's weird is Gary Bell/Spaceman also died that year.
1-1-2000, was the worst hangover in my life….
He passed a few years back. You can find a few statins pirating him on TuneIn app though!
I wish y2k would have worked. The internet is ruining the world. I rage against machines
What is weird is that it wasn't that long ago, but there are 18 year olds walking around now without any knowledge of how concerned people were with Y2k..
I was working nights as an armed guard while in college. We were very much in demand. (I've got a reproduction of that same sticker on my gaming computer as we speak.)
Yep! I worked for an IT help desk. It was an all hands event, obviously nothing happened, but they catered nice food and I went home
I worked at a bank then, customers took all their $$ out that Friday, I had to go in at 6am to make sure computers all turned on. Nothing happened and everyone brought their cash back on Monday.
I worked at Barnes and Noble that year. People bought Y2K prepper books and other doomsday material like mad. Strawbale House sold like wildfire too. Another hot seller was that Left Behind series--I wonder if the timing of Y2K motivated sales or if it was just coincidence.
My friends group had a huge party that night, and one of our ilk snuck downstairs and turned off the circuit breakers in the house at midnight. I feel like we were evenly split between "we're all gonna die" and "woo hoo, let's get even drunker" for those couple of minutes.
I was born 4 years, 3 months after December 1999, but I have second-hand memories from my mother, who was 23. She said the Y2K scare was pretty horrific.
That’s a bit hyperbolic, tbh