I see it the same way. The employee is doing their job, albeit with software they wrote, but nonetheless it's getting done. If I were this employee I'd spend

I see it the same way. The employee is doing their job, albeit with software they wrote, but nonetheless it's getting done. If I were this employee I'd spend my time at work contributing to open source software I cared about and that could help me with my career. Undoubtedly, as they already realized this, their job is going to be automated away from them so they need to keep themselves relevant.