Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ...
by ethbr1 on Sunday October 22, 2023 @09:27AM
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Calculating breakeven ROI is part of the push from a lot of companies to start citizen developer initiatives.
The point being that the "I" is also flexible -- an existing employee fooling around to learn automation whenever they have downtime is much cheaper than hiring a consultant.
Sure, the automation is worse and delivered more slowly. But you can get automations from a lot of people in parallel, plus you're upskilling your workforce.
The point being that the "I" is also flexible -- an existing employee fooling around to learn automation whenever they have downtime is much cheaper than hiring a consultant.
Sure, the automation is worse and delivered more slowly. But you can get automations from a lot of people in parallel, plus you're upskilling your workforce.