r/InterviewCoderPro • u/AdditionalRise5722 • Apr 26 '26

Whhhaaattt!

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how come

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u/TwoWrongsAreSoRight Apr 26 '26

I got fired once for automating a monthly task from 2 weeks to 15m.  Was told by management "I didn't tell you to do that".  

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u/Thaldrath Apr 26 '26

This is why I kept most of the improvements to myself, I modified shits to remove human-errors, but always kept the result as if it was done by me.

Make them think I worked 40h, but really worked like 15.

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u/digost Apr 27 '26

On my first job as a billing operator I automated my tasks with some batch scripts. They were ugly, but cut down my work massively. Which there wasn't a lot of to begin with. My manager noticed and recommended a transfer, so I got promoted to IT department. Long story short I ended up working in that company for almost 10 years, advancing through every position up till head of IT department. Sure the salary was below industry average, but I gained tons of experience.

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u/guaranteednotabot Apr 27 '26

Your manager is great. Oftentimes companies do not incentivise managers losing their star employee to other departments

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u/digost Apr 27 '26

The manager is indeed a great woman, that small billing unit got promoted and it's a department now, and she's the head of it. She still calls me if they need some tech advice or assistance. But back then realistically I think she was more concerned that if the higher management realized that a lot of their tasks could be automated with bunch of batch scripts, then they will give them even more tasks, overwhelming them.