Sounded like a fun time to be a programmer Jeff. I
regret missing out on it all but my priorities at 6
would have made it hard for me to land a job. You must
have seen a lot?
Stede
--- Jeff Grigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> --- Stede Troisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [...] I wonder what the market for programmers
> were
> > like the 60's, 70's and 80's.
>
> I started using computers in '76, professionally in
> '81.
>
> > Wasn't offshoring an issue with programmers back
> then?
>
> Inadequate infrastructure: It wasn't really an
> option.
>
> > What happened when mainframes started to be
> replaced
> > by pcs?
>
> In the late '80s people started trying to replace
> mainframes
> with "mini computers" like DEC, and including Unix
> systems. This
> became more popular in the '90s. Some people were
> successful, but
> others failed for a wide range of issues, such as
> the difficulty and
> risk of doing large development projects, and the
> integration issues
> of distributed systems.
>
> I see three tiers:
> 1. Mainframe.
> 2. Mini.
> 3. Microcomputers ("PCs")
>
> As I see it, PCs as servers didn't really become a
> real option until
> the mid to late '90s. (Yes, before everyone
> objects: I did TurboDOS
> and MP/M servers in the early '80s; but hardly
> anyone would consider
> an 8-bit TurboDOS file server to be serious
> competition for a
> mainframe. ;-)
>
> > When did programmers start to be called
> Developers,
> > Software Engineers and stuff?
>
> When the methodologies took off, and salaries rose.
> I'd say
> late '80s and in the '90s.
>
> > Where there consultants back then or did everyone
> work
> > for IBM?
>
> I was an independent contractor in '81. We had
> nothing to do with
> IBM. Actually, we did a lot of work on Rexon and
> other "business
> basic" and Pick micro and minicomputers.
>
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