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PSA: I had to pick between learning Python or sticking with my old Excel sheets for work reports
My boss in Austin gave me a choice last month: either start using an AI tool for our weekly sales data, or keep doing it manually (which took about 8 hours). I chose to learn the basics of Python to run the AI script myself. It was rough for two weeks, but now the report takes 20 minutes. Has anyone else switched to a new skill for an AI task at their job?
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aaronsullivan6mo ago
Sounds like your boss did you a favor, honestly.
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gray8755mo ago
Read an article about this last week. It argued that calling it a favor ignores the real stress of losing your income. The system is broken if it treats people as disposable like that.
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blake7926mo ago
Look at it this way, maybe the boss just sped up the inevitable. If a task can be automated that easily, it probably wasn't a long-term job anyway. Calling it a favor feels like a stretch though, getting pushed out still hurts. The real problem is when there's no plan for what people do next.
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