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It's magic ai! Just dump the full set of documentation for every tool you've touched while working there into a reference folder and roll up an agent that just has instructions to check that folder. (Mostly joking, but would probably work better than it really should.)
 
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Here's a new one for ya.

One of my offboarding tasks is to setup an AI Agent version of myself for the org. What does this mean? I have absolutely no idea. Best I can figure just keep writing documentation like you would normally do on the way out and spend time writing down all of the institutional knowledge I can remember and feed it to the Agent. Then hope for the best.

The future is wild. I suspect y'all should get used to this.
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Ok, than sue them for intellectual property infringement, they can’t use a likeness of your brain, without paying the licensing fees
 
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Control said:
It's magic ai! Just dump the full set of documentation for every tool you've touched while working there into a reference folder and roll up an agent that just has instructions to check that folder. (Mostly joking, but would probably work better than it really should.)
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Ironically, we've been doing this for a couple of years. You can add RAGs pretty quickly to your own LLM chatbots and create collections of documentation for it to reference. It's a poor mans enterprise search but it's been way better than anything we've had up until now.

It obviously doesn't come anywhere near being able to cross train with an SME, but works a lot better than trying to search old emails and file shares.
 
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TJT

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Just found out this new office doesn't allow flip flops.

This is a violation of my constitutional rights!

Control said:
It's magic ai! Just dump the full set of documentation for every tool you've touched while working there into a reference folder and roll up an agent that just has instructions to check that folder. (Mostly joking, but would probably work better than it really should.)
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This is mostly what I am doing. Indexing the docs to the agent that I would be writing anyway.
 
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TJT said:
Just found out this new office doesn't allow flip flops.
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A reasonable compromise for the modern professional:
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TJT said:
Just found out this new office doesn't allow flip flops.

This is a violation of my constitutional rights!


This is mostly what I am doing. Indexing the docs to the agent that I would be writing anyway.
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Sad thing is when I read that I thought this was a net positive

But I work with a lot of indians
 
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Haus

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TJT said:
Here's a new one for ya.

One of my offboarding tasks is to setup an AI Agent version of myself for the org. What does this mean? I have absolutely no idea. Best I can figure just keep writing documentation like you would normally do on the way out and spend time writing down all of the institutional knowledge I can remember and feed it to the Agent. Then hope for the best.

The future is wild. I suspect y'all should get used to this.
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"We're reaching out because we think the AI you left us with was not properly configured. We ask it questions but all it sends back are ASCII art middle fingers.... "
 
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Control said:
It's magic ai! Just dump the full set of documentation for every tool you've touched while working there into a reference folder and roll up an agent that just has instructions to check that folder. (Mostly joking, but would probably work better than it really should.)
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Right now I'm literally dealing with members of the sales teams where I work who are doing that. Just dumping all the docs into a folder, pointing AI at it and having the AI crank out proposals and plans. Then they're stunned when I ask when if they had the major head trauma before or after they wrote what I was reading....
 
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TJT

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Control said:
A reasonable compromise for the modern professional:
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I'm not a gay old man from the midwest thanks.

That said I am happy to be moving to work in tech but not for a tech company. This is a solidly blue collar industry where they just happen to employ software engineers as well. At this stage of my career I do value working for a company where I actually believe and support the product they sell. Luckily I have been in that position since I left General Motors (never owned a GM car there either, they can eat shit).
 
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TJT said:
Just found out this new office doesn't allow flip flops.

This is a violation of my constitutional rights!


This is mostly what I am doing. Indexing the docs to the agent that I would be writing anyway.
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There's a guy that owns a business in my line of work. He walks around and works barefooted all the time. People are often commenting to "put on some damn shoes" lol.
 
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I have to write the job description for my replacement and its a Principal engineering position. Not that I care I know they can't match my offer. But I feel somewhat validated by it.
 
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