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AND more than one career, too. Folks who invest their careers in single-company toolchains tend not to have very remunerative or rewarding careers. It creates

AND more than one career, too. Folks who invest their careers in single-company toolchains tend not to have very remunerative or rewarding careers. It creates a monstrous imbalance between employer and employee, too -- all the "lifers" who stayed at TCK were being paid well below market, but couldn't command better elsewhere because their whole professional life had been spent on single-site tools. That's MUMPS for you.

jacquesm 7y ago
That's an excellent point. Working on a single company toolchain when that company isn't a household name is a career dead end.
- ubermonkey 7y ago
  ....which is the whole point of the MUMPS link to DWTF, so it's weird that the other guy is dug on on an alternate interpretation.