I am a postdoc, and I am doing everything in my power to make sure I keep doing actual things, not filling paper work and advising people only. I don't mind it

I am a postdoc, and I am doing everything in my power to make sure I keep doing actual things, not filling paper work and advising people only. I don't mind it once in a while, but I want to do things for a living. Not quite programming but similar sort of deal I guess. I know it reduces my pedigree, and I think more importantly, stability. That said, I would do with the more stability, but as long as I'm on papers that the big wigs are co-authors on, I'm okay.