Been there, got a lot of t-shirts Jack On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 at 21:59, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sometimes you have to do something boring that is not your responsibility > because you're the only one they trust to do it right and they can't afford > for it to be done wrong. > > That said, there's nothing wrong with writing tools to eliminate some of > the drudgery. > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Bob Bridges <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 4:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Help for US Talent > > I thought programming sounded boring, but I figured an accountant should > know something about computers so I signed up for a class. Not boring. I > finished my Accounting degree, but I went straight into coding and never > looked back. > > I agree with the folks who approved of your move. Now that I'm a security > analyst, I disliked being required to do repetitive security administration > - but I have to admit that doing that work makes me more aware of what > tools I can write that really help the admins, at each particular site. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Only a very clever human can make a real Joke about virtue, or indeed > about anything else; any of them can be trained to talk AS IF virtue were > funny. Among flippant people the Joke is always assumed to have been > made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in > a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to > it. -from The Screwtape Letters by C S Lewis */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Gabe Goldberg > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 02:39 > > ....regarding a point someone else made, once my IBM manager determined > that I was going to an IBM customer, not competitor, I was able to work > through the long notice I'd given to stop my manager from continuing to try > to find a transfer for me. > > Funny, as I was leaving, more than one person said that was a great career > move -- go work for a customer or two, then come back with real-world > knowledge/skills, which were too scarce at IBM. I did the first part but > forgot to return. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
