On 6/14/2011 4:08 PM, Steve Comstock wrote:
Well, maybe. Or, "they start out with minimal prejudices"
or "they don't have to unlearn habits that don't work"
My first encounter was with Mike Guzik at ADR, who wrote the
sort program for the 709x and Stretch machines. He migrated to
applications programming after a nasty accident; he was a truck
driver, and had his arm pinned and injured by a bouncing tire
that came off another truck.
On a more common note, I know several programmers who started
out as operators; but one of them went bad - he became an IBM
manager, complete with three piece, pin-striped suit and watch
fob <g>
But on my first job the lead operator had ample skills to do
programming, but refused to do so - with overtime he was making
too much money and couldn't afford the cut in pay.
Gerhard Postpischil
Bradford, VT
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