That point about faking reminds me of the story I read years ago on Stack Overflow about a coder who was hired to do some incredibly dull and rote data-entry and data-filing -- which he was able to automate with barely a handful of bash and python scripts. He showed up to work for the next five years, doing no actual "work" at his desk; he's just play games, read, watch YouTube, learn new coding techniques ... but his employers never noticed because all they cared about was the data getting entered and filed.