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What Do You Do When Your Mind-Numbing IT Job Should Be Automated?

Posted by samzenpus on from the with-my-eyes-closed dept.

jfruh writes Not everyone has a job like Homer Simpson, who's been replaced at various times by a brick tied to a lever and a chicken named Queenie. But many IT workers have come up against mind-numbing, repetitive tasks that probably could be automated. So: what do you do about it? Well, the answer depends on how much power you have in an organization and how much your bosses respect your opinion.

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  1. Let's not forget by oodaloop · · Score: 4, Funny

    Homer once automated his job with a plastic dipping bird, with disastrous results.

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  2. Re:Automate it by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Learn how best to automate that task so you can browse Slashdot all day.

    FTFY.

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  3. Re:Automate it by plopez · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good Lord. Next time I will explicitly set the 'sarcasm' tags. There are too many things wrong with my argument to even begin to suspend disbelief.

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