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Everything you've always wanted to ask about the Benefits system but were afraid to ask

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One of the original programmers in the KS DOL agency formerly known as the KS DHR formerly known as KS DOL formerly...................well, you get the picture.

Key responsibilities:

• Keeping the dang system running
• Official Agency Story Monster
• Central Repository of Useless Facts

Capable of developing and maintaining mass quantities of mainframe code in a single bound:

Production JCL/control files: 1166    cobol:  566   copy:  482
           ICON system                cobol:  167   copy:  383

• Box of punched card storage dividers
• Intro to Media Storage book from the 1970's
• Introduction to Computer Programming text book from the 1960's
• John Deere Parts catalog from 1964
• Antique "state-use only" thermostat adjuster
• Employee Handbook from 1992
• Time Sheet from 1982

• Weather.com
• Mapquest.com directions to 1309
• Interstate Benefit System documentation from 2005 (same as it was in 1962)
• First day on the job
• Wise quotes from previous retirees