The Difference...

A good friend pointed out that I'm a little behind on my blogging. And somehow I found my alarm clock set 1 hour ahead this morning. And I just happen to have something to say. All of these things combine to cause me to sit down and publish something. I've been quite busy lately with work. I put it a lot more time than I used to. And when I'm not at work, I'm spending QT with my family (or working on my website...www.ununiqueid.com!) So, I've not had time to do much blogging.

But speaking of work, my company (rather the one I work for) is in the process of consolidating our 3 buildings down to 2. Yesterday, our division's leader starting making new seating assignments. And my supervisor commented that it would not be fun to be in the IT department because they were told to move peoples' offices when they got to work. I started thinking about it and realized a distinction...a division between the two fields of computer careers.

In the past, I've received phone calls from friends and relatives who have some sort of computer problem. People call me because I know computers. But I wouldn't say that I know them like my friend Grant knows them. See, Grant works with the hardware...and I develop software. But for years, people have grouped programmers into their "IT" departments. I've worked for a couple of companies that did just that. And it's hard to do your job (programming) when someone's telling you to do support (hardware).

So, the revelation is that Developers build software. And IT people build (and move) infrastructure. I'm not an IT Professional. I'm an Engineer. I don't dislike IT people. It's just not a career that I'm interested in having. Grant doesn't like programming. To each, his own. Developers and IT teams have to get along. But thankfully, at my current job, I don't have to move peoples' offices. I'd much rather be programming!