ACR OVERSHOOTS ALT NEAR PIT; PA.

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ON DEP ON A COMMERCIAL FLT FROM PIT TO SDF; CLRNC WAS TURN L TO A 260 DEG HDG; CLB TO 5000 FT. CAPT WAS THE PF. AFTER DEP; THE ACFT WAS ON HDG; CLEANED UP; CLBING. I KNEW FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND OUR CLRNC THAT AFTER THE INITIAL HDG THAT DEP WOULD GIVE US A R TURN TO INTERCEPT THE MMJ RADIAL AND FLT PLAN RTE. I ALSO NOTICED; AFTER TKOF; THAT THE MMJ NAVAID WAS NOT PROGRAMMED IN THE NAV COMPUTER; SO THE RADIAL WAS NOT DEFINED AND THEREFORE NOTHING FOR THE IRS TO INTERCEPT. THE COPLT IS FAIRLY NEW WITH THE COMPANY AND IN TYPE OF ACFT; AND PREVIOUS LEGS HAD SHOWN ME THAT I WAS FASTER PROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER THAN HE WAS; SO I ELECTED TO PROGRAM THE NECESSARY POINT. UNFORTUNATELY; I DID NOT TURN ON THE AUTOPLT OR REQUEST HE FLY THE ACFT WHILE I DID THE PROGRAMMING. I SUBSEQUENTLY CLBED THROUGH THE CLRED ALT OF 5000 FT BY 400-500 FT AND THEN IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE ASSIGNED ALT. THE FO AND I DISCUSSED THIS LATER AND I GOT SEVERAL VALUABLE REMINDERS. FIRST IS -- FLY THE AIRPLANE. SECOND; WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW HIRES; AND I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BENEFIT AND LUXURY OF A VERY EXPERIENCED FO TO FLY WITH. THIRD; EVEN THOUGH I MAY BE FASTER; THE COPLTS WON'T LEARN AS FAST OR WELL IF I DO ALL THE WORK FOR THEM. THEREFORE; EVEN WITH A HIGHLY AUTOMATED ACFT; I NEED TO INSURE AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE IS PREPROGRAMMED BEFORE WE TAKE OFF. I NEED TO INSURE THAT SOMEONE IS FOCUSED ON FLYING THE ACFT; OR HOOK UP THE AUTOPLT AND INSURE IT IS BEING PROPERLY MONITORED. I ALSO NEED TO MANAGE THE AUTOMATION BETTER TO INSURE THE BEST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.