Finding the Time To Automate When You're Already Underwater
From The Network Automation Journey by Tony Bourke
March 16, 2026 · 9 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of finding time to learn and implement network automation amidst overwhelming workloads.
You're slammed, tickets piling up, deadlines slipping, you're barely keeping your head above water. And some Youtubers are telling you that you should automate? In this economy? I talk about the genuine issue of finding the time to learn, let alone implement, network automation in these trying times.
People in this episode
Host: Tony Bourke
Topics covered
- network automation
- time management
- workload
- productivity
- learning
- implementation
Keywords
- network automation
- time management
- productivity
- workload
- learning
- implementation
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