"A computer has no mind of its own. Its
'brainpower' comes from the people who
create the programs," says Rod Campany.
Rod earned a B.S. in Math in 1966. Today,
he's an IBM Systems Programmer working on
a portion of Operating System360, a
hierarchy of programs that allows a computer
to schedule and control most of its own
operations.
A mixture of science and art
"Programming" means writing the instruc
tions that enable a computer to do its job.
Says Rod, "It's a mixture of science and art.
You're a scientist in the sense that you have to
analyze problems in a completely logical way.
"But you don't necessarily huntforan ulti
mate right answer. There can be as many
solutions to a programming problem as
there are programmers. That's where the art
comes in. Any given program may work, but
how well it works depends entirely on the
ingenuity of the programmer."
Programmers hold a key position in the
country's fastest growing major industry
information processing. Business Week re
ports that the computer market is expanding
about 20 percent a year.
You don't need a technical degree
If ycu can think logically an;: to
problems, you could . - a
grammer no matte' what your n-.ajot V.e'U
start you off w ith up to t. ent)-bx weeks of
classroom and practical tra n ng.
Check with your placement office
If you're interested ir, programming at IBM.
ask your placement office for more information.
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