I heard the same thing with a little programming language came to market called Visual Basic... and Access would end the need for DBA's... and in a way they did... both lowered the bar for entry into creating applications. But... The end result was a torrent of sub-standard programs (and programmers) and a lot more work and opportunities for experienced/skilled programmers. To be sure things like AI and Dry.io are going to solve lots of problems but they will created a whole new set of problems (read opportunities).
You do the best you can. If you care enough about the job to stay, I would make sure that senior management knows where the bottle-neck is. When giving status reports diplomatically remind people that "Item X,Y and Z" are not released due to delays in IT.
I feel for you, my company was infected by middle management about 8 months ago, now releases that took me 30 seconds (literally I timed it) now take 2 weeks at the minimum.
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I heard the same thing with a little programming language came to market called Visual Basic ... and Access would end the need for DBA's ... and in a way they did ... both lowered the bar for entry into creating applications. But... The end result was a torrent of sub-standard programs (and programmers) and a lot more work and opportunities for experienced/skilled programmers. To be sure things like AI and Dry.io are going to solve lots of problems but they will created a whole new set of problems (read opportunities).
You do the best you can. If you care enough about the job to stay, I would make sure that senior management knows where the bottle-neck is. When giving status reports diplomatically remind people that "Item X,Y and Z" are not released due to delays in IT. I feel for you, my company was infected by middle management about 8 months ago, now releases that took me 30 seconds (literally I timed it) now take 2 weeks at the minimum.