Programmer Analyst

[mjd857]

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?

 

[Sniper]

You need both, so yes you're probably gonna have to learn to program. But if you lean towards becoming an system analyst 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