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"The key was combining knowledge of the business processes with some knowledge of programming." Knowledge of programming wasn't required to save your company 2
by larrys 15y ago
"The key was combining knowledge of the business processes with some knowledge of programming."
Knowledge of programming wasn't required to save your company 2mm per year. All it would have taken is someone recognizing there was a problem that could be solved by programming. If you did the job with a couple of months of programming knowledge someone could have been easily hired to do this job, right? They just had to realize there was a problem to be solved.
It seems to me that someone who had any knowledge of what computers could do could have saved your company that money. Just like a person working in a commercial kitchen that wasn't a carpenter could have hired people to improve efficiency and save money.
- ceol 15y agoKnowing that programming could solve a problem requires knowledge of programming. Someone with zero programming experience doesn't look at a problem and say, "Yeah I can write a script to solve that."
- larrys 15y agoSorry you're wrong based on my many years experience with dealing with non-programmers and this exact situation. Seeing what is already being done with computers on a daily basis gives people knowledge of what can be done without knowledge of programming. Knowing programming but not enough could also be an impediment as well. You may not realize there are simple ways of solving an issue that to you with your limited knowledge seems like it could take a tremendous amount of effort. There is an expression "a little knowledge can be dangerous". And how many people are going to take the time to learn to code enough anyway to see all the possibilities?
- saraid216 15y agoIf "a little knowledge can be dangerous", why learn anything ever? That's a really pisspoor reason to tell people to be ignorant.
- Zikes 15y agoI'd say they're right, based on my many years experience dealing with non-programmers and this exact situation. Knowledge of programming and the business are both important and key here, but it's the slant towards business that can give someone the leg up on saving companies money. It isn't always about simple data entry or automation, it's going about your daily job with the insights and skills that basic programming provide that allow people to recognize where a new script or application could improve their business process in some way. Business processes can be extremely complicated, and you can't easily impart business knowledge and processes upon a programmer in a manner sufficient to give them the ability to recognize where their skills can be best applied in a business.
- 89a 15y ago"Seeing what is already being done with computers on a daily basis gives people knowledge of what can be done without knowledge of programming" Not true at all, people can use computers every day of their life in their job and still not even understand where a window goes when they minimise it.
- sevenstar 15y agoThe guy below said it before me. I have seen things that could be handled with a good programmer, and I am not one just yet.