In the mainframe days thats how it was. They were called computer operators. Some mathematician or scientists would give them the design spec and they would ent

In the mainframe days thats how it was. They were called computer operators. Some mathematician or scientists would give them the design spec and they would enter it into the mainframe. It wasn't production work, but it wasn't high-level programming either. Unlike today, a good percentage of them were women since it was treated as secretarial work.