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.
I’m similar in that I don’t want the promotion, just more free time/less stress.
I used to seek the “he’s the best”. All it got me was more work, higher expectations, and no additional pay.
I wonder what percentage of jobs are completely useless?
I’d say way more than society can allow.
I don’t see our future being like a highly educated, no money society like Star Trek.