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What Do You Do When Your Mind-Numbing IT Job Should Be Automated?
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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I always automate.
Then I get laid off because "I'm not doing anything."
People who don't automate, and get paid by the hour to do the same thing over and over again stay on.
Absolutely, but DO NOT TELL ANYONE. honestly automation will not get you a raise or a promotion, it will just get you extra work. for the same pay.
Automate all of it and keep your frigging mouth shut.
Hell I used to automate emails to be sent at 2am so that management though I was working 24/7.
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That is what documentation is for.
Not just user documentation, but also system documentation. Good commenting of the procedure can also help.
Without the documentation you can't pass on the procedure (or support).
Now, even without documentation, it becomes just your baby... Maybe it helps you do your job, but you better have SOME documentation so you will know what it does, and how to change it when you HAVE to change it in the future.
No. That would be wrong. A worker should maximize efficiency by discovering the best way to achieve maximum pay with minimal work. That is what economists say the company should be doing and since companies are now people and workers are people that's what workers should do. In fact doing it any other way flies in the face of the "Free Market" and therefore maximizing efficiency is both an ethical and moral imperative.
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