The "Programmer" position took a nosedive shortly after Y2K. In the year or two leading up to that "disaster", programmers were treated like Saints, and they were given anything they asked for...including some pretty bloated salaries. Then, when the Calendar rolled past 2000, and Nothing happened, Legions of DP managers and IT VP's at companies all over the globe realized that they had been "Had", and suddenly programmers were deemed highly expendable. That position hasn't improved much since.
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--- In ibmpensionissues@..., Just Puttin' <JustPutt2@...> wrote:
Unless the IT world has changed radically, since I was active in it, a 'programmer' was an entry level position, leading to become a Systems Analyst or Systems Designer, or an IT management position. ??Almost like a pension plan for a keypunch operator.
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From: qcclub <no_reply@...>
To: ibmpensionissues@...
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 10:57 AM
Subject: [ibmpensionissues] The End of Software; The Fall of IBM
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I wonder if any programmer outside of Federal/State employees is working at a job that has a pension for the future?
groundreport.com/the-end-of-software-the-fall-of-ibm/
(servers may be swamped!)
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