[dessant]

This [1] is a good read on what you can expect as remote work becomes widespread in a competitive job market.

[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/upwork...

[codesuela]

This seems pretty easy to game for a software engineer:

1. Write code for the project and record mouse clicks and keystrokes

2. Replay keystrokes at .5 speed inside a mirrored VM

a more sophisticated tool could also vary speed and add typos.

[rapind]

Agreed, and bring it on. If this becomes a thing then I'll run a platform you can outsource your busy time in a VM to. This sounds like a ton of fun TBH and makes me think of game automation. Evolving into a game of cat and mouse and giving me an excuse to spend more time messing w/ OpenAI.

[sitkack]

This is how the AI takes over, we automate ourselves in silly ways. How do we know we aren't bots doing someone else's work?

[jowsie]

Bob was one step ahead of us all

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/01/16/169528579...

[rapind]

Would it change anything if we knew we were? :)

[amiga_500]

Employer: your keystroke rate is low

Me: I'm thinking about if I should use a string here in c++

Employer: fair enough

[humaniania]

Or just play a full screen slide show of various spreadsheets and documents. Will they really study the screenshots that closely to see the repetition?

[SilasX]

Sure, spot-check and scrutize a small fraction.

(Not to say I endorse this means of tracking employees' time, I just don't think that's a big impediment to this method.)

[elliekelly]

In my experience employers only tend to look back at things like this once they have a “reason” and are trying to document/justify performance issues. Although I agree it doesn’t seem too far off to have a system that proactively analyzes the screenshots and alerts a manager when Facebook or gmail seems to be open a disproportionate amount of time.

[jdc]

Goodhart's law in action

[downerending]

Or hire a sidekick from India to slowly and circuitously type it all in.

[throwaway888abc]

Yes, those are possible to escape. I had few gigs and the spying was required. VM was a successful solution (not automated).