# Programmer Analyst

**URL:** <https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/programmer-analyst/27651>\
**Category:** IT Careers and Certification\
**Created:** [July 17, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/programmer-analyst/27651 "2011-07-17T01:02:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/system/32/2961_2.png) [@system](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/programmer-analyst/27651/1 "2011-07-17T01:02:28Z")

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So in september im going to school to study to be a programmer analyst. Anyone know what is really involved in that type of job, i know i have a friend who works as a systems analyst and she watches over a payroll program to ensure everything works correctly, but do they have to write programs and do they learn and to write code like java and C++ and all that or do they just monitor these programs of what?

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**Author:** ![Sniper](https://www.hardwareforums.com/user_avatar/www.hardwareforums.com/sniper/32/6_2.png) [@Sniper](https://www.hardwareforums.com/u/Sniper)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.hardwareforums.com/t/programmer-analyst/27651/2 "2011-07-17T21:34:29Z")

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You need both, so yes you’re probably gonna have to learn to program. But if you lean towards becoming an system analyst [Systems analyst - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_analyst) it would involve more paperwork and no programming, rather you’d be interacting with real users, collecting specifications, testing, writing manuals etc