--- Stede Troisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...] I wonder what the market for programmers were
> like the 60's, 70's and 80's.
I started using computers in '76, professionally in '81.
> Wasn't offshoring an issue with programmers back then?
Inadequate infrastructure: It wasn't really an option.
> What happened when mainframes started to be replaced
> by pcs?
In the late '80s people started trying to replace mainframes
with "mini computers" like DEC, and including Unix systems. This
became more popular in the '90s. Some people were successful, but
others failed for a wide range of issues, such as the difficulty and
risk of doing large development projects, and the integration issues
of distributed systems.
I see three tiers:
1. Mainframe.
2. Mini.
3. Microcomputers ("PCs")
As I see it, PCs as servers didn't really become a real option until
the mid to late '90s. (Yes, before everyone objects: I did TurboDOS
and MP/M servers in the early '80s; but hardly anyone would consider
an 8-bit TurboDOS file server to be serious competition for a
mainframe. ;-)
> When did programmers start to be called Developers,
> Software Engineers and stuff?
When the methodologies took off, and salaries rose. I'd say
late '80s and in the '90s.
> Where there consultants back then or did everyone work
> for IBM?
I was an independent contractor in '81. We had nothing to do with
IBM. Actually, we did a lot of work on Rexon and other "business
basic" and Pick micro and minicomputers.
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