>SO post: The system is really old - and although I was hired as a programmer, my job is pretty much glorified data entry To me, this is justification to not t

>SO post: The system is really old - and although I was hired as a programmer, my job is pretty much glorified data entry To me, this is justification to not tell them about it. Programmers are almost always distinct jobs from data entry. That he is only being given this task is harmful to his career as a programmer. Take any discussion about interviewing or careers from here, and all of the discussion about bad programmers repeating 1 year of work over 10 years, and it's pretty obvious this is a weak position to grow in. Imagine this programmer was applying to a company from here, telling them his only task he was ever given was spreadsheet data entry. And he automated it. It's good, but not when it's the only thing you've done.