Timeline for I automated my job and the company doesn't know, what do I do now?
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| Nov 16, 2016 at 8:34 | comment | added | Shodan | I have to say keeping quiet was the most tempting option and probably the course of action I should have taken. Thank you | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 14:46 | comment | added | Kilisi | The OP did something pretty special, he thought outside the box, made a plan, ran with his idea and perservered until it worked. Not many people do that. But it's that mindset that drives humanity forwards (or backwards depending on the idea). | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 14:38 | comment | added | Kilisi | @TheVee ,many jobs are replaceable by machines and many have been, it's not a matter of replaceability, it's a matter of the cost to replace. There is a lot more to automation than just deciding to do it and hiring a programmer or engineer. And not every business see the need or has the budget to do it even if they do think it's possible. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 14:33 | comment | added | The Vee | Surely. I can spend months on much less than that amount of code (if I strive for perfection). But no kLOC should be enough to replace a human brain. The feeling of being entirely replaceable by a machine is a good recipe for depression, and if 27 kLOC can do it then (in relative terms) it is too little. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 14:12 | comment | added | Kilisi | @TheVee I don't understand how you see 800 hours of specialised work automating as 'easy'. I'm estimating what it would cost to get someone to do it and it's not insignificant at all. The OP now has an easy job that pays well, that's more than enough for many people and probably much better than most. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 13:21 | comment | added | The Vee | And perhaps, as others did, to look for another job that's not so easily automatable – in other words, that does not make one feel like a machine. Even wasting time away during hours gets tedious after a while. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 13:17 | comment | added | Murphy | OP seems to have the opportunity to seem very productive/capable while having plenty of free time. i'd say keep quiet, relax but use some fraction of the remaining free time to automate any other tasks they're assigned or may be assigned. Use some of the free time to get to know slightly more senior people and be sociable. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 11:33 | comment | added | cst1992 | The only way out. How about if it gets leaked? | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 9:09 | history | edited | Kilisi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 15, 2016 at 9:04 | history | answered | Kilisi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |