Look for something that’s not really development-oriented: something like handling a process or operation that is repetitive and involves computers. Then use yo

Look for something that’s not really development-oriented: something like handling a process or operation that is repetitive and involves computers. Then use your development skills to automate it so you don’t have to do much except press a button or run a program. I was responsible for a process which involved looking some data up on a specific system, copy-pasting that into a document, and ticking a cell in a spreadsheet as “done”. Used to take about 3 minutes per item - which is not much. I scripted it all using python-mechanize and some APIs in the office suite, and now it takes 20 seconds of computer time per item - but crucially, zero seconds of my time. Your investment up front is some time learning the manual process and a bit of work to write the automation, then you can coast along happily.