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This is what I used to do for a living: 1) Go to offices and learn their goals and systems 2) Automate them with software 3) Get paid lots of money for selling
by gotrythis 14y ago
This is what I used to do for a living:
1) Go to offices and learn their goals and systems
2) Automate them with software
3) Get paid lots of money for selling them the software
While one result of automation is lost jobs, the other is that businesses have more operating capital to grow, expand, hire more, etc.
He's not a scumbag, but he's missing the opportunity. Why isn't this guy selling the software/process to the company he works for, and making far more money in the process than he gets from his bonuses?
- thespin 14y agoI would guess because he developed his solution while at work and his employment terms require all inventions are assigned to the company. Hence it's not his to license.
- rmc 14y agoWhy isn't this guy selling the software/process to the company he works for, and making far more money in the process than he gets from his bonuses? Interalised self-hatred? (You'll see they are asking the internet if what they are doing is unethical.) Also they might be very shy and not used to thinking they can get the world.