500 error when attempting to view Stackoverflow Careers 2.0 profile page

Question

Request URLs with redirects

Public page: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/sobes

Logged in: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/cv

"Oops! Something Bad Happened"
– j08691
Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 21:19 — j08691, Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 21:19

Max · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-07 21:25:09Z

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Sorry about that - try again please, it should be fixed.

answered Jan 7, 2014 at 21:25

MaxStaffMod

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That was quick! What happened there?
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 21:29
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Some pointer decided they'd rather be null.
– Max
Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 21:31
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Oh the dreaded "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error... no programmer can escape it apparently!
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 21:36
And that is why it is a bad idea to allow null as reference. (If I'd design a language, I'd not allow that, except if it is declared with a ? - fail early)
– Johannes Kuhn
Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 21:46
is it happening here too? stackoverflow.com/cv/eduardo
– coma
Commented Mar 30, 2016 at 8:48

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