Take a breath, calm yourself, and remember that the person you are about to meet is on the precipice of a big change. They’re looking for someone who can assure them that they will be okay—that everything will be okay.
If I told you the US government paid more than $500 million for a website, you would probably cringe and think of this as another example of taxpayer dollars wasted.
And you would be wrong.
My brief experiment in a university education included just two economics classes—Intro to Micro and Intro to Macro—and while I didn't retain much from either, I still vividly recall the first lesson that growth was a mandatory requirement of the economy.
I see lots of great examples of people automating business processes and client solutions. And I see just as many examples of people automating the wrong things.