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Back in the mid-70's Manufacturers Hanover Bank used to give candidates a "Programmer Aptitude Test", which was basically an IQ test. If you passed you were hi
by wallstprog 4y ago
Back in the mid-70's Manufacturers Hanover Bank used to give candidates a "Programmer Aptitude Test", which was basically an IQ test. If you passed you were hired, and they paid to send you to a 12-week class that taught S/360 assembler & COBOL.
I took Comp Sci. in college, but my class also had math majors, actors, and all sorts of other people. IIRC it was about 50/50 men/women.
- scottshamus 4y agoI did a similar program in 2011 for one of the largest life insurance companies in the U.S. At the time, I thought it was a new program to get COBOL programmers since they were becoming more difficult to hire but your comment made me realize they likely always hired this way.
- egberts1 4y agoTHAT. That it was about 50/50 men/women during the 70s/80s. Man, I miss the good ol’ days.