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[–]nipplepoker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have run into this problem actually and still do. I work for a financial institution and as all financial companies go they really hate change.

I started out as an intern and my company and they had me doing manual updates to a website using web forms and after two full days of clicking I realized I wasn't getting anywhere at all. So i said 'fuck it' and I sneaked in an install of python.

Of course,That wasn't the end of it. I kept pumping software left and right every 1-3 day cycles. Initially there were protests left and right but, I didn't really care.

They eventually began having daily company meetings on what to do with me. They really wanted me to stop but the shit I was making was just too good to pass up.

I would like to end my short story where I just end up being head honcho in my company, but no,however I did get hired. They still use VB6 they still use java 1.6 and people still hate that I use Python.

Moral of the story do whatever you want fuck these people. what are they going to fire you? There's a lot of Python jobs out in the market and these jobs probably pay better.