• DocumentCode
    1552820
  • Title

    The ´question of professionalism´ in the computer fields

  • Author

    Ensmenger, Nathan L.

  • Author_Institution
    History & Sociology of Sci. Dept, Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    56
  • Lastpage
    74
  • Abstract
    In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the "question of professionalism" became a pressing issue for the emerging commercial computer industry. just who was qualified to be a programmer? Competing visions as to the answers to these questions contributed to an ongoing debate that caused turf wars, labor shortages, and varied approaches to professional development. The author explores the many diverse attitudes and opinions on what professionalism meant in the 1950s and 1960s
  • Keywords
    DP industry; continuing education; personnel; professional aspects; programming; commercial computer industry; professional development; professionalism; programmers; Business; Canning; Computer industry; Computer science; Educational institutions; Industrial training; Personnel; Power system management; Pressing; Programming profession;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/85.969964
  • Filename
    969964