--- Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tom Pfeiffer wrote:
>
> >The "Next Big Thing" when I was a programmer was top down, structured
> >programming (COBOL and 370 Assembler).
> >
> >Like Jane, I remember the days fondly, the nights not so fondly, and hardly
> >ever wish I still had a clue what goes on under the hood.
> >
> >I was one of the lucky ones. We had terminals to do our coding on, but if a
> >program bombed at night we still got to fix and recompile it via punch cards
> >because the mainframe we had was not big enough to run the online system AND
> >the night batch system at the same time.
> >
> >I'll bow to my elder, Jane, I'm only 54 :)
> >
> >Tom P.
> >
> Boy, you programmer guys and gals had it easy.......
>
> We hardware grunts had to roll out of bed when the phone rang at 0230
> because the mainframe, card reader/punch, or terminal controller was
> malfunctioning...... Every now and then I'd see a programmer when I
> got on site, but he/she was usually a systems programmer not an
> application programmer. When they were on site before me I knew I was
> in for a long night into morning when I could, maybe, get relieved by a
> co-worker.
>
> But, because we got any "extra comp" in a separate check I was able to
> put that away in my "secret rat hole" and buy surprises for the family
> and toys for me.....
>
You got paid?? Wow... what a cushy job!!
> BTW, I turned 2/3 evil last June....... That's only two sixes, 66.......
ha hahahaaaaaaaa, what a GREAT statement. Now I feel a bit younger.... but not
much!
>
> Bob
Jane
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