I'm trying to teach a subordinate to draft and he keeps saying "this feels automatable" before he undedstands how to do it. I had to explicitly tell him "do no

I'm trying to teach a subordinate to draft and he keeps saying "this feels automatable" before he undedstands how to do it. I had to explicitly tell him "do not try to automate [particular task] before you know how to do it. He has not successfully finished said task once, and I caught him working on it on Friday...