Ask HN: I automated part of someone else's job in my free time – how to proceed?
You&#x27;ve discovered the strategy of:  Come up with a way to get people laid off so you can monetize a portion of their salaries for yourself.<p>The cynical me says they weren&#x27;t smart enough to automate away their own work (so they could be assigned more, different work), so eff &#x27;em, right? That is, until someone else automates away your job.<p>The business me says, you found and fixed an inefficiency, so capitalize on it. While you&#x27;re at it why not add in extra shadow surveillance &quot;features&quot;, and you&#x27;ve got yourself a unicorn. Get that VC money!<p>The &quot;boss&quot; me says, uhh... you did this work on &quot;your own time&quot; (as if there is such a thing) <i>but</i> with proprietary knowledge of my systems, &quot;open source data&quot; notwithstanding.  So, yeahhh that work belongs to me, and I&#x27;ll monetize it for myself thank you very much. That work product is not yours. Get the eff back to work already.<p>The &quot;Overemployed&quot; me says, hey, with this automation, maybe I can &quot;work&quot; two jobs simultaneously and pull double salary for no net increase in work. Get that easy money! At least until my employers discover the ruse and they both fire me!