I've worked quite a bit in civil engineering and GIS, and most places I've worked at have made very good use of a 'low-code' tool called FME for automation and ETL tasks. I even reach for it myself for many tasks, even when I am fully capable of doing exactly the same task using for example Python. For the right tasks it is simply the most productive solution.
That being said even with these tools you still need to know how to 'program', at least conceptually, and it's not like just anybody can pick up a tool like this and be productive. The basic concepts of control flow and algorithms still apply and work the same way.
Right software, wrong company. Tensing appears to be a FME reseller and consultant. https://www.safe.com is the company that makes FME. While they started in the GIS world, and this is very much where their roots and core user base is, they've expanded greatly over the past few years into becoming a more general automation, data processing and ETL tool.
Yea, sadly they've gone full enterprise over the past few years. Once upon a time they were a small scrappy software company with both a price list and order form right on their website as well as a free Home license which let you use FME for 'play' and training at home. Now it's all "cloud hosted", "contact our sales team" and "dynamic subscription prices, tailored to your needs". Still it's a fantastic pieces of software once you manage to buy it.
For what it's worth I seem to recall base licenses started at roughly $3500 per user for the desktop version of their software last time they had a price list.
I've worked quite a bit in civil engineering and GIS, and most places I've worked at have made very good use of a 'low-code' tool called FME for automation and ETL tasks. I even reach for it myself for many tasks, even when I am fully capable of doing exactly the same task using for example Python. For the right tasks it is simply the most productive solution.
That being said even with these tools you still need to know how to 'program', at least conceptually, and it's not like just anybody can pick up a tool like this and be productive. The basic concepts of control flow and algorithms still apply and work the same way.