[notduncansmith]

What kind of automation are you talking about? Test automation?

[mtmail]

Yes, based on the user's previous AskHNs it's about test/QA automation.

[arbie]

Is it disappointing that OP thinks only web testing requires/uses automation engineering?

[shicky]

I think you're jumping to an awful lot of conclusions there?

The reason I'm targeting automation is that it tends to be done really badly in most companies. At the moment I feel I do it pretty well but always seek to improve. At the moment I don't feel like I'm improving much and want to avoid things staying static for long. Therefore I'm trying to re-evaluate the basics or gain new insight and get back on track

[shicky]

I did indeed mean test automation, apologies, I should have been more clear.