In article <[log in to unmask]>, D Chappe <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
 
>PROGRAMMER/ANALYST
>     Analyzes, designs, maintains, modifies, codes, documents, tests,
>trains and installs business application computer programs of medium to
high >complexity from self-prepared specifications, test and installation
plans.
 
Hope this God-like being is at least a Trininty.   He will test his own
programs with his own specifications??  Plus he is communes with users so
much that all will defer to his wisdom.  Also, he will know how to create
great code in two worlds at once??
 
I am not flaming this post.  I only make these comments because companies
like mine seem to view technology as magic.  Programmers are defining and
controlling people's lives at work.  We are not miracle workers.  We need
support and input from many other parties in the work environment.  Also,
we need immediate and constructive correction from those that are experts
in the business. At a minimum, I feel that a programmer should never be
the person to tell if it is soup yet.  He only can test for what he knows
for.  Someone else with a user point of view, a real keyboard crasher and
mouse chaser, should test the final product is ever considered ready to
impact unsuspecting workers.
 
Am I a nut, or are there others out there who feel that technology
positions are requiring too much knowledge and ability from one human
being?