>avoided learning to code in college because it seemed hard
>worked in IT for a while but mostly network stuff
>got encouraged to learn java there but never seriously took opportunity
>shift careers to closer to what i did in college
>analyst
>start learning sql
>not too complicated
>boss is a super high achiever that all the senior managers think is great
>pretty good boss too
>boomers are very impressed because he used python to automate some routine tasks
>encourages everyone on the team to learn it
>ok, spend downtime at work trying to learn python
>have a couple ideas on how to improve a bot i work with so it catches more mistakes
>code them
>boss implements one idea
>the other idea took 40 minutes to write because i'm dumb
>make maybe 30 lines with some rules
>will have to be updated once a year, should take 20 minutes
>lets make the other idea more dynamic so we don't have to do that
>so now we're reintroducing sql into it so the both runs a sql script, gets an answer, writes it in a file, then the python code reads the answer in the file to tell it whether the cell in the excel file is right or wrong
>multiday project
>ai projects on the horizon
Sometimes I really wonder whether technology is a useful tool or an end in itself. It's often said that lazy people end up working harder than lazy people. How often do people work harder trying to come up with a higher tech solution than just doing work the low-tech way?
Anyways I have a job. I'm not miserable so I won't complain. But some days I do wonder.