Iirc there's a subreddit dedicated to this called doubleworking or something and it basically amounts to people taking on mid tier jobs and then maintaining python scripts to automate them.
Pretty cool imo except that employers will immediately fire people if they figure it out because "mUh TiME ThEfT" which is hilariously shortsighted since those are probably their best employees
Pretty cool imo except that employers will immediately fire people if they figure it out
Lots of employers know and simply look the other way. Lots more employers don't know and aren't curious enough or sophisticated enough to figure it out.
Iirc there's a subreddit dedicated to this called doubleworking or something and it basically amounts to people taking on mid tier jobs and then maintaining python scripts to automate them.
Pretty cool imo except that employers will immediately fire people if they figure it out because "mUh TiME ThEfT" which is hilariously shortsighted since those are probably their best employees
Yeah I've been doing this since just before the pandemic.
hell yes comrade
:sankara-salute:
Do you do this in a programming job or just literally you automated some other job entirely?
Me building a fucking synth to automate my plant job for me
big fan of the punishment sphere myself
The secret to happiness as a programmer:
Please tell more about what tasks you're automating and how
Works better as a sysadmin
r/overemployed. I was doing this for about 9 months until one of my jobs laid me off. Very close to picking up another job right now, though.
Lots of employers know and simply look the other way. Lots more employers don't know and aren't curious enough or sophisticated enough to figure it out.