Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming, Third Edition

Chapter 24. The Programming Business

In This Chapter

• Data Processing and Other Departments

• Paying for the Data Processing Department

• Computer Jobs

• Job Titles

• Consulting

This chapter attempts to give you an idea of how companies program. The focus is on larger companies with big data processing staffs working on one or more mainframes and several micros, as well as supporting Web-based businesses. You will also learn about smaller companies and how they deal with programming staffs and other types of computer personnel. Companies must coordinate their programming efforts to make the best use of their resources. This doesn't mean that every program wanted by every person gets written.

Actually, the allocation of programming talent is one of the data ...