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Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

> >Or, perhaps more likely, the people that *have* learned from it refuse to
> >manage the impossible-schedule megaprojects, so the companies that need
such
> >things done are forced instead to hire the PHBs [*] that claim to be able
to
> >do it.
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >[*] I've seen them called PHBs or PHMs.  Don't confuse them with PhDs,
> >although some holders of the latter also happen to be the former.
>
> Huh? What's a PHB/PHM? I know what PhD means (Piled Higher and Deeper) but
I
> never heard the other two acronyms.

Pointy Haired Boss ;-)    I'm guessing that PHM is a Pointy Haired Manager.