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>If you weren't a computer scientist (or college student) you weren't even getting a job working on one! This isn't remotely true.
by ubermonkey 7y ago
>If you weren't a computer scientist (or college student) you weren't even getting a job working on one!
This isn't remotely true.
- vaxman 7y agoI forgot about the Field Service techs hah. Straight (outta DeVry) programmer analyst types like https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/superman-iii/27817/what-superman-3-teaches-us-about-computer-programming https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/superman-iii/27817/what-sup... were pretty much considered users in the DEC world. That is, there was a distinction between systems programmers and applications programmers (who might use a DEC-specific forms-management library or a database API but didn't really even necessarily know what model their harmless-to-the-other-users code was running on).
- appstorelottery 7y agoAgreed. Our high-school had a microVAX for back Office. 100% bespoke software in COBOL, replete with a FTE software engineer. High school me learned COBOL and helped out at lunchtimes / after school (it was boarding school near the equator - so an air conditioned VAX room was wonderful!) Got a free place in uni for my trouble :-)