And of course, the reason it's not part of their budget is because they are wasting money on boring stuff.
Have lunch with some of them. Schmooze with them the next time they call you for a hardware/software fix. Point out a single, simple way they could do something more easily by scripting it. Then recommend that the next time they want to someone to do some research, they instead hire an undergrad who can write code. Undergrads are cheap, and will get them thinking about what they can automate.
Have lunch with some of them. Schmooze with them the next time they call you for a hardware/software fix. Point out a single, simple way they could do something more easily by scripting it. Then recommend that the next time they want to someone to do some research, they instead hire an undergrad who can write code. Undergrads are cheap, and will get them thinking about what they can automate.