This Guy Wrote A Computer Program To Do His Job For Him

[UrbScotty]

Wouldn't it be cool to stop working and still get paid? It turns out that it's not only possible, but it's been done.

We reached out to a source who created a computer program to do his job for him.

He was working at a collection agency, spending loads of time poring over people's information by hand to determine if they owned money. This was a time-consuming process but he saw a way to simplify it.

"I wrote a simple batch file that used the already existing data fields in the software to produce 'the kill list,'" our source says.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/computer-program-does-your-job-2013-3#ixzz2P9DwoCkY

[surrealAmerican]

1. Is that "owned money" or "owed money" ?

It could be either, I guess, but the meaning would be rather different.