Other people have given advice along the lines of what I'm going to say, but just to reiterate: take this opportunity to get on-the-job training. It's free, and

Other people have given advice along the lines of what I'm going to say, but just to reiterate: take this opportunity to get on-the-job training. It's free, and you have an opportunity to advance your career in a lot of ways. I had a job like this, where my boss said "We need to add a button to this form. That should keep you busy for the rest of the week, right?" and I said ".... Yes. Yes, it would." Then finished it in 2 hours, and spent the rest of the week leveling up my skills. Learn a little programming. Learn Python or Javascript or Go (my preferred lang) or any other programming language that catches your fancy. Learn some HTML and CSS. Build a website for yourself. Put whatever you want on it. Then make it better. Then make it better. Then make it better. Find some small projects that you can build. The best things to do for learning are to build things where you only really have to think about the code and not the business logic. For example, you know how a To Do list app works, because you've used them forever. You add a new item and you mark it complete. Maybe you can edit or delete. That's the easy part. Now pick a language and make it! You'll spend a lot less time wondering "what does this app need to do?" And more time on "how do I make the code do this?" Keep doing the tasks you're assigned, but if you aren't assigned anything, you're free and clear to do what you can. One controversial idea is to automate all the things you do at work. The downside is that you might be morally/ethically obligated to report that to your employer. They might get pissed off if you automated the work and sat there doing nothing instead. But on the other hand... more free time. Personally, I'd do the work assigned and then spend my free time learning. It's "professional development", which only makes you more valuable to the company. Over time, you can level up your skills enough to leap to another full-time job elsewhere making more than $25/hr. Good luck!