What I've Done at Work

Written a PS3 disc layout script in perl. Burned an assload of PS3 bluray re-recordable discs.
Write a super-script for installing latest builds.
Show team how to emulate Xbox360 from layouts to reduce test time. Started pushing for an internal burn lab.

Mostly so people stop using my puter for burning.

Forced the issue of moving internal tools bugs out of project databases and into an internal tools bug database.

Migrated bugs into bugzilla, patching importxml.pl in the process.

Update: convincing engineering to (re)implement it on precious servers much harder.

Enable a spec depot so engineers can recover their borked build clientspecs and I can rest easy.
Debugged some crazy low priority game bugs.
Wikified lots of wisdom.
Wrap Xenon SDK dll functions with ctypes.
Read the GUITAR white papers and a similar interpretation in a how-to-auto-test book.
Try to recruit people at GDC
Sucker people into playing warfish.
Used python to start a framework for automated testing.

But more than all this, is the cutting through red tape and internal resistance to good ideas. That is a very tiring battle indeed.

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