Introduction
If you have ever attended a live lesson from me, chances are high that you have heard me say this in the past “I hate automation” but why do I always say this when you hear so often that you should automate things that are repetitive? It’s because I don’t disagree with the fact that you have to automate your repetition but that is where most go wrong, they do not want to take the time to organise their own thoughts and actually do the work before they want to automate it. Rather, the wrong direction that’s sometimes taken is one where the hacker desires to implement an automation of someone else’s work into their own flow, thinking they can implement a practical solution of a theoretical idea without the actual experience. Join me, as I tell you what I think a healthy relationship with automation looks like.
The foundation
As my dad owns his own construction company, I like to make the comparison between building houses and my own craft. If you build a house and have a bad foundation, it will collapse and so will you if you don’t build yourself and your automation workflow. The foundation for me starts with what automation is and what it entails.
Automation is the act of programming a workflow that is repeatable or has a structure to…
