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andrewducker) wrote2003-06-10 11:29 am
andrewducker) wrote2003-06-10 11:29 am
Work
In answer to Julia:
I work as a systems developer for Standard Life. This means I get to program computers all day, or rather at the moment it means I get to surf the web while my mentor and my analyst change the specification I was working from about a foot to my left.
I work mostly in COBOL, a programming language that was first invented in the 60s, although I'm largely working with a version that dates from the 90s, which isn't quite so bad. At some point I hope to manouver myself into either the VB or Java teams (both more modern languages), and I've been assured that this won't be too hard once I've got some experience.
I currently spend most of my time looking at an entirely textual screen that looks something like this:
which is pretty sucky, but we've been assured that more modern tools are on their way and we should be working in something that uses, *gasp*, windows by the end of 2012.
I actually enjoy programming, so I'm putting up with the basicness of my current work with the intention that it will turn into something better in a bit.
I work as a systems developer for Standard Life. This means I get to program computers all day, or rather at the moment it means I get to surf the web while my mentor and my analyst change the specification I was working from about a foot to my left.
I work mostly in COBOL, a programming language that was first invented in the 60s, although I'm largely working with a version that dates from the 90s, which isn't quite so bad. At some point I hope to manouver myself into either the VB or Java teams (both more modern languages), and I've been assured that this won't be too hard once I've got some experience.
I currently spend most of my time looking at an entirely textual screen that looks something like this:
which is pretty sucky, but we've been assured that more modern tools are on their way and we should be working in something that uses, *gasp*, windows by the end of 2012.
I actually enjoy programming, so I'm putting up with the basicness of my current work with the intention that it will turn into something better in a bit.
Re: heh
Well, not so much problems as limitations. no functions, for a start. I'd kill for functions.