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Do you think the article considers programmers as IT workers? I think so. It's in the quote: The folks at Apple Computer, I'm guessing right now, are feeling
by umjames 17y ago
Do you think the article considers programmers as IT workers? I think so. It's in the quote:
The folks at Apple Computer, I'm guessing right now, are feeling very purposeful at work
Sure Apple has an IT department, but I'll bet that quote isn't talking about Apple's internal systems that its IT department maintains. I've recently learned the hard way, that IT does not really mean programming as those who frequent HN think of it.
Programmers in IT, spend much of their time writing the necessary glue code that gets 2 or more other systems talking. Usually, at least one of those systems is a poorly-documented piece of vendorware. If your IT programming job includes the web, then add to that making things work in IE6. It's hell on earth.
- jrockway 17y agoDunno. I have to deal with poorly-documented vendorware (and Windows, from time to time) and I have had to make websites that work in IE6. I would not count either as "hell on earth". It's just stuff that needs to be done, and people will pay a lot of money to have it done.