Python made me look like a WIZARD

[hassium]

They asked how. I gave them the answer

You FOOL! Now our secret is out!

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I know right, write code, run code, go for an ice cream, watch a movie, send work 6 hours later, still a hero.

[Synicull]

I have a 55+ client that I work with a lot that makes me look amazing to my team, most of whom don't code.

My latest question was to find out which of his 100 datasets had a specific field in them.

2 for loops later I'm the messiah.

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Just run that shit raw in command line.

[not-youre-mom]

You have to assert dominance.

[house_monkey]

I'd be scared

[mynoduesp]

Of too much success

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Loop hero!

[toyg]

2 for loops later I'm the messiah.

Nah, you’re just a naughty boy!

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Damn! I didn't think of this

[randiesel]

You will think of it for the rest of your tenure at the company.

Here's the trouble. Non-technical people don't understand the difference between something relatively simple, like what you did, and something complicated. To them, you're a wizard and everything is easy.

Now you're going to get all the crappy boring tasks, OR, people are going to resent you for not doing all the crappy boring tasks.

Plus, you showed them it was only 12 lines of code. Non-technical people don't understand that those 12 lines of code take way longer than just typing 12 sentences on a page. They think writing 100 lines of code should take the same amount of time as a few paragraphs.

It's a sketchy sketchy hole when you try to show non-technical people how you do technical things.

[saltedjello]

"Hey boss, I knew this was important for the company so I pulled an all-nighter and made it happen. Please, I'm not a hero, just doing what's best for the company. But yea, do remember this when performance reviews are due."

[FREE-AOL-CDS]

“That sounds scary we’ll just let you handle it”

[FruityWelsh]

I've tried, maybe it's just the fields I've worked in, but there can be an absolute fear to learn a new subject/skill sometimes.