The 3 questions that separate high-value engineers from everyone else

Ask any engineer in your team these 3 questions:

1️⃣ “What task do you do more than 5 times a week?”

2️⃣ “Have you automated it?”

3️⃣ “If yes, how much time did you save last month?”

The answers will tell you everythin…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Peter Parser

Ask any engineer in your team these 3 questions:

1️⃣ "What task do you do more than 5 times a week?"

2️⃣ "Have you automated it?"

3️⃣ "If yes, how much time did you save last month?"

The answers will tell you everything.

The Three Levels of Engineers

Level Answer Reality
🟡 Low-value engineer "I don't have time to automate." Trapped in busy work
🟠 Mid-value engineer "I automated one thing once." Sees value but doesn't scale
🟢 High-value engineer "I save 10+ hours every week. Here's how." Leverage machine

Automation Is Not a Skill

It's a mindset shift.

  • From "doing" → to "building systems that do"
  • From "I'll learn later" → to "I'll automate now"
  • From "that's not my job" → to "that's exactly my job"

What I'm Committing To

I'm spending 90 days proving this framework works — with:

  • 🤖 Automation (Python, APIs, no-code tools)
  • ⚡ Salesforce (Flows, Apex, REST APIs)
  • 🧠 AI (GPT, agents, RAG)

Real code. Real builds. Real results.

No tutorials for the sake of tutorials.

Only projects that save time or increase leverage.

Follow Me If...

✅ You're tired of manual repetitive tasks

✅ You want to move from Question 1 → Question 3

✅ You believe engineers should build systems, not suffer through spreadsheets

Let's Build

Day 1 starts tomorrow.

👉 Follow me on this journey.

👉 Comment below: What's one task you do 10+ times a week that you've never automated?

I'll reply with how I'd automate it.

Series: 90 Days to High-Value Engineer

Next post: "Why working professionals stay stuck at mid-level"


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Peter Parser


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