Thank a Mentor

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Thank a Mentor

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September 24, 2021 at 12:00 am

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skeleton567 SSCertifiable Points: 5868 More actions · Answer 1

Back in 1968, three years after I finished an undergrad degree in Sociology, I was working as a credit manager when I met a friend, Bob Maple, who managed a group of programmers at Bendix Corporation, Brake and Steering Division. At the time I had never even seen a computer, but Bob invited me to visit him at work to see their IBM 360.

While I was there, he suggested that I take an aptitude test just for fun. That was a Monday. I spent an hour in an empty cubicle doing the test. On Wednesday evening my phone rang and it was the Bendix HR department asking if I was interested in a programming position. I had been earning $450 per month as a credit manager, and they offered me $650 a month to come and learn Cobol and Mark IV programming.

That position kicked off my 42 year career in IT, and it was all started by a good friendship.

Rick
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004323 More actions · Answer 2

Steve... you not a mentor for me that that doesn't stop you from being a hero of mine. You've kept this site going and inspired a whole world of mentors. Thank you for what you've done and thank you for what you do!

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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