This. My full-time job is automating myself out of a job. Arguably, that's one of the indicators of a quality software engineer versus one who can follow direct

This. My full-time job is automating myself out of a job. Arguably, that's one of the indicators of a quality software engineer versus one who can follow directions but not decrease the problem space. The problem is not automation... Automation is great. It frees up people's time to do more activities. The problem is how we distribute the spoils of that freed time.