At my very ever first IT job I was super under qualified.
However, the company had a server and codebase so stable… so perfectly maintained… that my entire job was basically irrelevant anyway.

Which, of course, made me a target for layoffs.

So I got creative. Whenever the bosses walked by, I'd just… turn the server off for an hour, hang out in the server room pretending to do "server maintenance", then turn it back on.
Got a few raises doing this. Felt guilty… but hey, job security.

Then one day, the company brings in a specialized consulting firm from ORACLE.
Big-shot experts. They're supposed to figure out why the server keeps "crashing" and make it permanent.

I start sweating bullets. Because the truth is… there isn't a problem.

They don't want me in the room at first. I'm like,
"Trust me, I know this server better than anyone."
The bosses side with me. "Fine. Let him stay."

So the consultants start poking around. Logs, configs, every diagnostic tool in the book.
You can feel the suspense. Every click, every command… you just know they're about to uncover something catastrophic.

And then… nothing. Absolutely nothing. The server is perfect.
That was a problem in itself, I thought it was over, that I had been found out.
Since the consultants can't admit not finding an issue. They need a problem and it would be me.

At this point we are both sweating bullets just staring at each other.

So what does he do?
Turns it off for an hour, hangs out in the server room pretending to "fix" it, then turning it back on… and bills the company for "server maintenance".

Job Security.