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Subject:RE: A step up, a step down From:Kirby_Sarah <Kirby_Sarah -at- bls -dot- gov> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:30:07 -0400
Well, I'll probably change their perspective when I start automating some of
the weekly/monthly website updates by using Perl. I mean, why put up with
the bother of doing routine things when you can program a computer to do it?
If a monkey can do it, I don't see why I have to.
-Sarah
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Byfield [mailto:bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 5:35 PM
To: Kirby_Sarah
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: A step up, a step down
Kirby_Sarah wrote:
> Any one know why a
> step down?
Probably because, in the geek hierarchy, network admin is considered
high-status, while any programming job is considered superior to a
non-programming job.
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