Computer Operator?

[Lockhouse]

Now there's a term you don't hear much of these days. I started as a computer operator as it was the only way a numpty like me with no qualifications at all could rise to become one of the world's greatest developers.

The thread about who's been contracting longest got me thinking. Who else here got a start in IT as a Computer Operator? Is anyone still a Computer Operator?

[gingerjedi]

My tyre fitter is a computer operator.

[darmstadt]

I started as a Computer Operator on an IBM 370/158 running OS/VS1 a long time ago...

[cojak]

Now there's a term you don't hear much of these days. I started as a computer operator as it was the only way a numpty like me with no qualifications at all could rise to become one of the world's greatest developers.

The thread about who's been contracting longest got me thinking. Who else here got a start in IT as a Computer Operator? Is anyone still a Computer Operator?

Oh yes, I started on a Data General for an independant opticians and lens manufacturer.

[Lockhouse]

I started on a Burroughs B1900 but mainly I worked on a Honeywell\Bull DPS7 GCOS Mainframe.

[SimonMac]

I wasn't allowed to Operate A Computer, I just put the hardware on desks to start with!