You'd better provide some example, because for now I don't really see how the software engineering skills would help. Anybody can gain some basic IT knowledge and use it, but the extensive coding skills I have seem to be surprisingly unwanted locally, although much more demanded abroad.
Here's the process I follow, it's simple, but it takes time.
Get involved in an activity -> Become proficient in the activity -> Notice the places software would be beneficial -> Implement -> Product.
>You may leave them in a worse situation as now they have less control, less understanding and if they need to change things and you or someone very similar to you (which is a rare combination) is no longer available, they're basically stuck.