Conversely, I think this is one of the best ways to come up with startup ideas. Learn intimately why dirty work is the way it is, figure out sw to solve it internally, and once that works pretty well... replicate externally.
RE:Folks discussing limited career growth, if in a startup that's growing vs stagnant, these kinds of areas will likely be one of the areas will need more people+leadership as the company grows. Let's say you automate half your work but then the company has 5X growth. Before they'd need 5X more of you, though now the company "just" needs 2.5X of you. So you still get the ability to hire 1-2 more on your team. And that's just math if you're purely a cost center vs revenue driver. If you actually can help drive customer growth etc with your team, even more growth to be expected.
RE:Folks discussing limited career growth, if in a startup that's growing vs stagnant, these kinds of areas will likely be one of the areas will need more people+leadership as the company grows. Let's say you automate half your work but then the company has 5X growth. Before they'd need 5X more of you, though now the company "just" needs 2.5X of you. So you still get the ability to hire 1-2 more on your team. And that's just math if you're purely a cost center vs revenue driver. If you actually can help drive customer growth etc with your team, even more growth to be expected.