Eh, I have plenty of "bullshit work". Only that, actually, for the foreseeable future.

Building clusters six servers at a time... that last the order of weeks, appeasing "stakeholders" that are closer to steaks.

Whole lot of empty movement and minds behind these 'investments'. FTE that amounts to contracted, disposed, labor to support The Hype.

But that is still highly skilled BS work, and I would not call it BS work. What i was referring to was the class of work individuals do that someone off the street can be trained in thirty minutes. Building a cluster is more challenging. Not sure why I picked up three down votes. Must have touched a nerve!

It's pretty BS, trust me! The work is automated to the point that it takes more time to hand off/hand in. Very performative.

We could get this to the point of taking people off the street/putting them to task... but instead, we've collectively found it more valuable to push the spreadsheet along a few cells at a time, together.

Perhaps it's mistaken to localize the BS; it's shared. Soft and tends to spread.