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Article #620949Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Andrew Swallow
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:15
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:15
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On 23/02/2018 21:03, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
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> I had to deal with them on some issues, and they were a
> P.I.T.A. to deal with. For instance, the programmer I
> was dealing with did not have a telephone (their programmers
> did not have phones, only analysts and managers had them.)
> When I needed to call him, I had to call his manager. His
> manager treated my calls as "personal calls", even though
> they were business. The manager got rather officious with
> me, but I threw it right back at him. I really don't like
> to do business like that.
One company I worked for gave a phone hand set between two people. The
automated exchange allowed on site calls but only the manager could make
off site calls. An outside firm was employed to type the specifications,
so we had difficulties talking to them.
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