I AUTOMATE THE BORING PARTS FIRST

Every team has work that is boring, frequent, and slightly different each time, which is why nobody automates it. That's exactly the work to automate first.

I start with the thing everyone dreads on Fridays. Automate that and you buy credibility for the bigger projects. Nobody argues with the person who killed the Friday chore.

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