Good for him, and actually the company.
His work was completed and they wanted to promote him.
Contract fulfilled.
I design projects alone, so my work doesn’t require other’s input.
Most of my work interaction is talking trash with the other designers.
There are so many interesting issues his story raises.
The fact that one employee could increase productivity by hundreds of times shows the lie in the leftist’s “equity” and “equality” nonsense.
The company had nobody in his league—not even close.
The “street smarts” hiding “his secret” shows how everyone has difference preference curves.
Once his basic needs were met he had a high preference for leisure time—so he had no interest in getting promoted or becoming rich and powerful or famous. He definitely had that capability—just really enjoys his privacy.
The story also shows what AI could do at some point—almost all of the jobs at his employer could go away with one AI as capable as he was—and no interpersonal skills were needed, just raw programming talent.
It is amusing that the bosses never caught on—the moral of that story is that is dangerous to promote people who are not true subject matter experts—they can be easily fooled.