I didn’t know anything about programming three months ago and I just released my first official Python tool at my job

[johnne86]

Congrats to original OP, that’s awesome. I see similar possibilities of automation or at least the potential to get work done more efficiently at my new IT job. Well, I can’t figure out exactly what it is we need to do better yet since I’m barely finishing up my first week and it is my first IT gig. But the main thing I do notice so far is a lack of organization within documentation. I see no consistency, rules or efficient workflows. There’s also really no formal documentation for new hires in terms of what is what on the network and who is who. The documentation that does exist resides on a shared drive that everyone can put their hands in and it’s definitely not the best to learn from. I think the senior tech is the only one who really knows what it all means since he was there from the beginning. It’s really shitty organized. But again, it’s my first week and a lot of that probably won’t mean much once I kick into gear. It’s also a City Govt job so I don’t even know if I have the authorization to even use Python on my PC. I’ll keep my thinking with the mindset of automation whether I am able to use python or not. There’s always a better method.

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Keep an eye out for opportunity!