Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/23/2013)
Your assumptions ignore the fact that often IT groups find new opportunities, and can do so when more time is available. As IT operations improve, companies often invest more in that area. That's what we've seen across the last 40 years, and while it might not continue, it has to date.Any particular IT group/department/company could see layoffs. Overall as an industry, that's not what we've seen.
Steve, This is a excellent word. Years back we automated much of the Library work for a Library Consortium in the PNW. The idea was to automate what we could as to free up the librarians time to do the real work of a librarian. The motto use to be "Making computers do the paperwork, so Librarians can teach people to read." We always had more work as did those libraries who used our products.
The automation of a task introduces further automation opportunities. Our work will never end.
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