Bob Like you I encountered a couple of exceptionally talented and helpful SE's in the 80's - perhaps it was location dependent. Later, arriving in the Great White North I was saddened to find the position had been reduced to that of a 'Sales Expediter'.
James F. Smith -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Shannon Sent: 09 May 2007 23:10 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help settle a job title/role debate >By 1965 the SE became not much more than the guy you called to order >manuals, as all of them with half a brain were pulled into the S/360 >development effort. That's a bit harsh. I has two exceptional SEs, one in the early 1980s and one in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Of course, I haven't seen an SE in a long, long time. Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html