On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:30:50 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >The nomenclature varies depending on employer and year. If your looking to >hire, describe the position and requirements and call it whatever fits >corporate culture. > For decades I was "Software Engineer". Pursuant to a corporate acquisition it transpired that I lacked engineering credentials, a formal requirement in some states, and I became "Software Developer". I had never dissembled. My responsibilities and compensation were unchanged except that my seniority was truncated in order not to exceed the age of the acquiring company.
>When I started, A systems programmer was a programmer, not a systems >administrator. These days a position with that title might be primarily >programming or may require what I call a systems janitor; someone who's >skilled with, e.g., RACF, SMP/E, VMSES, but does little or no programming. > >________________________________________ >From: Skip Robinson >Sent: Monday, October 11, 2021 5:56 PM > >I'm currently in a 'discussion' with a manager type who wants to hire a >'Systems Engineer'. I have not been able to discern the difference. What >can a Systems Engineer do that a Systems Programmer cannot? > >On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 2:23 PM Jerry Whitteridge wrote: > >> I keep working to have my Business Cards use "Speaker to Machines" as my >> job title >> A kzin title? Briefly, mine said "Program Doctor". -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
