the Automators' Podcast

If you're wanting to get people to use your sccript (or heaven forbid BUY it) you need to havea  lot more work to do than just have a better version of something else!

In this episode of the-Automators' Podcast Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss what you have to do to get people to switch to your tool

In this episode of the-Automators' Podcast Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss if optimizing of your code is warranted

In today's episode of the-Automators' Podcast Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss the Unique selling proposition of AutoHotkey.  Why should someone use AutoHotkey over any other language?  What make's AHK special?   

In this episode Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss the best ways to get consulting jobs with AutoHotkey.  Learning how to be a guru on a specific topic is a great way to get jobs.  Perhaps Excel, API calls, WordPress, etc.   All of these, and much more, are a great starting place!

I wish all projects were "easy".  Get the goals, write the code. done!  Sadly, that's rarley the case.  Understanding your clients needs and desires is critical in being able to deliver on what they want.   

Today Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss how the needs change depending on when you work for a group rather than an indiividual.

How much care do you give to trying to protect your code?   Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss some of the steps you might take protecting your IP (Intellectual Property) in today's podcast

In today's podcast Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss what you should automate and what you should do yourself.  Computers are amazing at some things however humans are better at others.  We discuss which you should use for various tasks...

Today we discuss 10 tips for Web Scraping.   Web Scraping can be a tedious process because every website is built differently, with different tools.   Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss 10 lessons-learned from having webscraped hundreds of sites and 10s of thousands of pages!

The DOM (Document Object Model) is, by far, the best thing you can spend your time on.  Learn it and Web scraping is much, much easier!

Ever think-through the (often conflicting) goals of Owners of an Entrepreneur company, the Programmers/Developers doing the work and the Clients wanting the software?

Often these three roles are combined, for instance, When I decide to create a script for my company I represent all three roles.   However when I pay someone to create a tool for me it gets more complicated.  When a client reaches out to me and I have an employee develop the script it is even more complicated.

In today's the-Automators' Podcast Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines talk through the different goals and how to keep them aligned.

Ever need to hire a contractor but are worried they're a bit "sketchy"?  In today's the-Automators' Podcast Jackie Sztuk and Joe Glines discuss 7 times you should probably "bail" and pass on the contractor.    

Trust your gut above all else!  Don't make a rash decision and hire someone you'll regret later!