Coders Automating Their Own Job
&gt; Wary self-automators, he speculates, “don’t trust our workplaces. The boss is going to say thank you, good work, now do it again.”<p>Well, no shit. That is what the job of a programmer is - to keep automating things.<p>There are an INFINITE number of useful things we need to do as a society, so we shouldn&#x27;t be upset if we automate one of them away. Move on to the next.<p>Of course, programmers should make sure they negotiate strongly to get compensated fairly for the work. I think it is a bit short sighted, however, to worry that you will end up like the guy who automated his job and was then fired and replaced by a lower skilled guy - who cares, you SHOULD move on at that point if the company doesn&#x27;t want you to automate something else. There are plenty of companies that will hire you, and you can use the example of the previous company to show you can do it. This time, negotiate better compensation.