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There are people at my job like that and it's so annoying. They never answer any questions about how they do things, so I'm having to reverse engineer their solutions if they decide not to be available lol
It's so frustrating how successful soloing information in corporate environments is
I know you didn’t ask and this is just anecdotal evidence from my employer, but the people who tried to reverse engineer this guys work were given strict deadlines they never met. Pen testers to straight up turnaround kings, this guy buried them all and had to be bought out. It was cheaper to buy him out than it was to pursue the next step. Stay safe my friend, stay valuable.
After seeing so many companies screw over long time and loyal employees, the lesson is clear that this guy at your company had the right idea.