We're the janitor's of IT. Remember why they call him "Dirty Harry"? That's pretty much us. In most shops that title still commands professional respect because our experience and what we know how to do. In other shops, it only means they know how to type A:INSTALL without help from spell check. However, in those shops it is -not- a requirement to be able to find your way from the parking lot to their desk without leaving bread crumbs to find their way back again.
If someone actually gets good enough to stop leaving a trail of bread crumbs, they're promoted to System Administrator. <g> Bill Mainframe - An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies, serving billions of obsolete customers, and making huge obsolete profits, for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice fast as last year's. -Phil Payne- To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject What is a Systems Programmer Hi, all. I have been asked so many times "What is a systems programmer? And What is it they do?" that I'm not sure anymore. Especially in today's environment. Can any of you point me to an article or articles the would explain what we are and what we do? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
