anon gets replaced by chat GPT
Remember that story of that guy who outsourced his work to India and he played videogames all day. Then years later got fired and couldn’t find a job at the same level because his skill set and knowledge was years behind. Don’t use up all your time on useless shit when you find a job like this since you never know when that golden goose will stop laying eggs. Might as well find a second remote job where you only have to spend 3 hours a week on and double your income.
My work (part-time) officially pays me for existing.
I’ve finished my last assigned task around 1,5 years ago now and they just keep paying me money to keep me in staff in case they ever need it.
I don’t ever come to the workplace, I don’t even communicate with anyone. I just have money coming on my card twice a month.
Hope they never stop!
So do you work another job or just enjoy life?
Yes, I work for the benefit of public research on projects that do not pay well, but do society good and build my expertise and background
It’s almost as if giving people a monthly stipend to cover their basic needs is good for society as a whole. 🤔
This is the kind of automation I believe in: Bottom-up, with no permission asked and no goal but to hold down one thriving wage with minimal effort and maximum free time. My only critique is that they felt the need to brag in public. You teach this shit in secret so the bosses never twig.
tbh this story isn’t new, the IT guy who has scripted everything and works 1 hour a week even in the office has been around since like the 80’s
Yeah, but I do shut up about it. Doesn’t matter what we internet folk think is common knowledge. The majority of bosses only have a faint idea of what is going on. And we should keep it this way.
This is how I keep my boss happy. By keeping him in the dark ❤
I know you just said you shut up about it, but I’m currently in a junior sysadmin role and was wondering what area of IT you’re in?
From personal experience, sysadmin/engineer work. Unfortunately some places use sysadmin to refer to high level tech support, but I’m talking about the people who keep back end infrastructure running. If the back end systems are kept working and you have a project that is simultaneously technical enough and sounds important enough, people will often just leave you to it.
There is a lot of downtime. I’m paid for my knowledge and ability to solve complex problems quickly when they arise, not to be cranking out manual work 40 hours a week. However, there are absolutely times where I’ve got to full focus in, full hours. They just are the exception rather than the norm.
The biggest tool for this is learning the automation tools and systems your company uses. More you can automate, the more actions you can take in a shorter time, giving you more down time. This also increases opportunities to break shit exponentially, so you’re trading knowledge, risk (especially while you learn), and up front time for time later.
Always remember this table as well. Automation can free you but it can also be a trap.
I’ve referenced this table many times with new hires so they can see first hand how much time automation can save or suck.
theyd fire me for not understanding the table
Keep them in the dark and feed them shit 🍄🍄🍄
My best friend has this kind of situation working for Draft Kings. When your whole business is a massive government approved ponzi scheme with very little overhead compared to profits, the job can be pretty relaxed.
How do people like this not get roped into countless meetings? Do workplaces exist in the digital space that actually communicate without a meeting culture?
I think the real trick here is “If no one knows to invite you to the meeting, you’ll never receive invites”. This guy is basically only known to HR and one guy who emails him occasionally, thinking that he must just be super busy with other work since he replies so slow.
They scripted their attendance with python.
Honestly, it’s still a real job even if they feel it isn’t anymore.
They scripted some collection of mindnumbing stupid tasks, while everything works it’s all fine and they have lots of free time to “think about optimising other things in the organisation” (or in reality do whatever they like for private projects).
But when SHTF (and it always will at some point), this person is the one that can fix it all in a few hours max (and possible optimise thing further), while some external firm would struggle for weeks. That can worth keeping them on the payroll, even if the bosses are aware of the situation.
This is exactly the kind of job that should be rewarded. The person doing the exact same paper pushing for 40h a week without questioning how dumb the task is and how it could be optimised is the real resources drain.
