At 11:22 AM 02/07/00 -0500, James Clark,Florida wrote:
>Sorry for your misunderstanding of a computer operator. I was an operator in
>college for a HP-3000, 10 to 15 minutes of instruction on a machine I
>already new how to log on and use was all that was needed also with backup.
>I can understand your frustration. Because the HP-3000 is reliable it is
>hard to cost justify several specialist to sit around until a problem
>occurs. They do occur as can be seen on this list. But that does not change
>the function of the computer operator. Watch system, change paper, load
>and/or change tapes, and answer phone. This is not to mean they are not
>busy, just that they do not have a very taxing job when it comes to brain
>power. I liked it because I was able to get school work done while doing it,
>especially backup. Now if you tack on all those other tasks then get paid
>more but don't rant about a definition.

Most operations people I know do much, much more than change paper, load
tapes and answer phones.  Though it varies from company to company, most
perform similar functions to those Cynthia talked about in her message.


Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
http://www.northtech.com