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Am I a S***bag?

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  • R RobLazarus

    My friends call me a s***bag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I?

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    Lost User
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    Even if you are, is that a Bad Thingtm?

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    • R RobLazarus

      My friends call me a s***bag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I?

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      S Houghtelin
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      Depends on what you do while the automation is, um... automating. If you sit around screwing around on C.P. I mean the internet, yep you're a sock bag. If you're thinking of other ways to make your and other peoples jobs more efficient while fulfilling your duties, then they're the shot bags.

      It was broke, so I fixed it.

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      • R RobLazarus

        My friends call me a s***bag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I?

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        jim lahey
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        Not at all. Any work you can safely automate is simply working smarter. I've plastered our suggestion board at work with postits about this exact topic. No more writing DB migration scripts by hand, automate it and turn a week's work into an hour's work. No more creating NHibernate mappings and Entity Models by hand, use a tool and turn 3 days' work into an hour's work. No more writing my own GUI components for web apps, buy a decent library and save weeks. To get any of this to make sense to my company I have to cost it out and bang away at it like a new puppy on someone's leg. The message gets through when it eventually reaches someone who has an insight into the finances of the company.

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        • R RobLazarus

          My friends call me a s***bag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I?

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          Wjousts
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          You should know: No good deed goes unpunished.

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          • S S Houghtelin

            Depends on what you do while the automation is, um... automating. If you sit around screwing around on C.P. I mean the internet, yep you're a sock bag. If you're thinking of other ways to make your and other peoples jobs more efficient while fulfilling your duties, then they're the shot bags.

            It was broke, so I fixed it.

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            gavindon
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            S Houghtelin wrote:

            If you're thinking of other ways to make your and other peoples jobs more efficient while fulfilling your duties, then they're the shot bags.

            But what if I manage to do that and still screw around on CP? :-D

            Common sense is not a gift it's a curse. Those of us who have it have to deal with those that don't.... Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.

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            • G gavindon

              S Houghtelin wrote:

              If you're thinking of other ways to make your and other peoples jobs more efficient while fulfilling your duties, then they're the shot bags.

              But what if I manage to do that and still screw around on CP? :-D

              Common sense is not a gift it's a curse. Those of us who have it have to deal with those that don't.... Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.

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              S Houghtelin
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              Then you're just excercising your well earned and much deserved perk! ;) CP is full of members who do just that. :~

              It was broke, so I fixed it.

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              • L Lost User

                Even if you are, is that a Bad Thingtm?

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                Mark_Wallace
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                Well, it's certainly makes it easier than carrying loose s***.

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                • R RobLazarus

                  My friends call me a s***bag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I?

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                  Harry Neethling
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                  smartbag perhaps?

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                  • R RobLazarus

                    My friends call me a s***bag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I?

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                    lewax00
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                    RobLazarus wrote:

                    Am I?

                    No, I believe the term is "programmer".

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                    • R RobLazarus

                      My friends call me a s***bag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I?

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                      jschell
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                      RobLazarus wrote:

                      My friends call me a s***bag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually

                      Are they serious? If so perhaps you need some new friends. Or perhaps you need to educate them on professional conduct.

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