As the saying goes "'''necessity is the mother of invention'''", and when . When you set up a Linux computer lab, you may be required to provide (or train users) support for that system to . One advantage of providing (volunteering) support, is that '''users will ask you questions which will encourage you to automate or fix problems, instead of you having to think ahead of what tasks to automate by yourself.''' There is simply no better experience (other than working in IT for a company in IT)...