Evolution of a Systems Administrator

Milestones:

1. Microsoft Windows: Carry out tedious, repetitive tasks by tediously, repetitively pointing and clicking on things.
2. UNIX: Carry out tedious, repetitive tasks by tediously, repetitively typing instructions on the command line.
3. UNIX: Carry out tedious, repetitive tasks by using some popular command-line shortcuts (up-arrow, tab completion) to ease the pain. Slightly.
4. UNIX: Write a utility script to carry out tedious, repetitive tasks while I update my blog.
5. UNIX: Write a utility script in less time than it would take to do the task by hand.
6. UNIX: Go back to a utility script I wrote months ago, and wonder "what the heck was I thinking?!"