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From: Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Facebook Account
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:00:49 -0400
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On 8/21/2024 6:49 PM, cyclintom wrote:
> On Wed Aug 21 17:02:42 2024 Zen Cycle  wrote:
>> On 8/21/2024 1:38 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>> On Tue Aug 20 16:41:39 2024 Zen Cycle  wrote:
>>>> On 8/20/2024 2:01 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:
>>>>> Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:50:54 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You knowing nothing about programming are probably mystified.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hate to disappoint you, but I know very little about programming.  I
>>>>>> can do some programming when necessary but prefer to have someone else
>>>>>> do my programming.  I also don't mix socially with programmers.
>>>>>> Despite these limitations, I've been successfully self-employed as a
>>>>>> computer consultant and computer repairman for 36 years (1984 to
>>>>>> 2020):
>>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-liebermann-151823/details/experience/>
>>>>>> While knowing how to program can be useful, it's not a requirement for
>>>>>> knowing how to configure a Facebook account, knowing how to login,
>>>>>> being able to type your email address or login name correctly, and fix
>>>>>> various Windoze software related problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My knowing very little about programming was not an accident or the
>>>>>> result of a head injury.  It was an intentional decision that I had to
>>>>>> reluctantly make when I moved to Silicon Valley.  At the time (1973 ?)
>>>>>> the pundits and experts were proclaiming that an engineer, who didn't
>>>>>> immediately learn how to program, would soon become obsolete and
>>>>>> unemployable.  I realized that there was not enough time to
>>>>>> simultaneously stay up to date on RF (radio frequency) design and
>>>>>> learn how to program.  Since the herd was stampeding in the direction
>>>>>> of programming, I decided that concentrating on RF design was a better
>>>>>> choice.  There were times when I regretted that decision, but over the
>>>>>> years, it has worked quite well for me.  Predictably, most of the
>>>>>> analog and RF engineers I know can also program, but few of the
>>>>>> programmers I've met can do anything useful with RF design. Meanwhile,
>>>>>> the same programmers are complaining that their jobs are being
>>>>>> outsourced to less expensive overseas sweat shops.  In the future,
>>>>>> programming might be performed by AI's.
>>>>>
>>>>> A great deal of programming is done today by AIs (Actual Indians).
>>>>
>>>> HAH!!!
>>>> That's cute. I won't be repeating it to my Indian boss though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>> won't hold my breath waiting for artificial intelligence to become
>>>>> reliable or cost effective.
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to breathe, it's here, now.
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>>> The one that is the head of assembly or the one that is the production manager??
>>
>> Neither, VP of Engineering.
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> And you expect people to believe that you work for a successful company as well.

Considering that my company was incorporated in 1936, yes.

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