> the cleverness is in noticing when a task can be automated. Typically, the code itself is trivial. > Anyhow: automation is surely one of the best reasons ev

> the cleverness is in noticing when a task can be automated. Typically, the code itself is trivial. > Anyhow: automation is surely one of the best reasons every person should learn a little bit of programming. And even with that task accomplished, I suspect that the rate of people seeing the opportunity to automate will stay roughly flat. Absolutely. A minor observation I have, living in Operations/Finance. Don't merge cells in Excel. Observing a spreadsheet is a fantastic indicator of an individual's knowledge of automation vs manual process. Someone that uses lists without merged cells is someone that not only can save days of of the year with pivottables, various forms of looking up, but probably has the idea of 'tables' 'if' and 'for' in their head. This is a great kicking-off point for coaching through ugly VBA. I like VBA. It's also often the only choice in corporate environments. But it is an option, and the chance to coach someone that's on the edge of... > I suspect that the rate of people seeing the opportunity to automate will stay roughly flat. ...to push over that edge.