Subj : Re: Cobol/gnucobol
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sat May 31 2025 10:25:00

>  I worked in local government which had titles that made no sense, until
>  you realize that they were a union shop and the titles were negotiated
>  when they had a server room full of AS/400s. Applications programmer,
>  Systems analysts, Systems Analyst.

So, I must know, what is the difference between the last two?  ;)

>  What that devolved into was a caste system where applications
>  programmers fixed your Outlook problem but wouldn't move your monitor
>  or keyboard. Systems analysts would come and move hardware, swap out
>  monitors, replace mice and so forth. It made no sense whatsoever, meant
>  the hardware guys were paid less, and complicated issues with
>  customers.

We were not union but sometimes had that happen, too.


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