I’m a sysadmin. No one really knows what people in my profession do, so they just assume it’s all servers and computers. I’m all about the automation tools, though. With the right tools and credentials, you can install apps, create accounts, provision a new VM, parse through your emails, brew a cup of coffee, and let your wife know you’ll be home early so she can get rid of her boy toy before you get home…all with a single click.
I feel you. Programming and other computer science is really hard to explain to a mogul. Most concepts rely on the interlocuteur’s understanding and acknowledgment that sending an email isn’t just magic, or just works. That it takes. Lot of smart people actively making sure those machines are working and talking together at all time. And when you try to explain, I bet they start looking at you with the feeling that they just developed instant ADHD.
