i wonder if gladiators were ever used to test different armors. It would have been an effective way to gather data on it's real-world effectiveness without the survivorship bias of soldiers coming back from war.
So, this week I found out that my job was entirely invented by my predecessor, and that I'm going to be actively undoing myself by trying to remove bullshit.
Finally, a day without support tasks. I'm nearly at the point that my regular support tasks are either eliminated or automated, and I can really focus on making releases as smooth as possible and getting better at engineering :D