Jack Woehr makes some good points.
Most sysprogs are not very good at public relations. We do not make
much noise, blow our own horns and are like proof readers for a
publisher... IF we do our jobs perfectly no one notices, which is right,
BUT if we make a mistake EVERYONE notices. I have been fortunate to
have/choose some very good bosses (interviews are for me to evaluate the
boss of course) who understood and appreciated what sysprogs do.
We used to laugh at annual meetings where the marketing departments
handed out paper awards and plaques left and right, and showered themselves
with praise. We sat in the back thinking that we earned more than any two
of them, and remembered that they could not do a thing without us. Lack of
loyalty to a job does not mean we have no Pride in our work.
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