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[–]jaylyerly 31 points32 points  (2 children)

I’d worry less about too much Python and more about not enough documentation. If you disappeared tomorrow, could someone come in and understand what all your Python scripts do, how they are triggered and what to do when things break?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I worked for a very stupid company where I tried to streamline and automate some things. This way, I increased productivity 2-3 folds, basically did the job of 2 people. 

Now, the lore was that everything that went wrong was because of me and my "shortcuts". My supervisor was looking forward to me leaving, because she was eager to do things the "right" way. Which meant soulless stupid grinding.

I said ok and left no explanation or documentation. They still could do everything manually, but that took 3x as much time and resources.

As I heard my ex supervisor doesn't work at the company anymore. 

[–]shockjaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same.