23 Dec
2024
23 Dec
'24
6:05 p.m.
On 2024-12-23 20:57, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 2024-12-23 at 17:44 -0800, Fred Cisin via
cctalk wrote:
Yup. I trained as a Univac FE on the 418, except that I worked for Bell
Canada and had to be classed as 'Craft Technician 1A'!
Management got in a bit of a tizz when we called ourselves FEs
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So, IBM referred to the individual as CE, and the
organization as FE.
To have full symmetry, did anybody else refer to the individual as
FE, and
the organization as CE?
I think Univac called the organization "Field Engineering" and the
crew
"Field Engineers" or FE.