Arnold was an engineer, though. He was competent in using the system and not totally lost when poking around the code, but he's no computer scientist. Basically, he was a power user / sysadmin rather than a developer.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Stares motherfuckerly at you…

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

🥇 You just won my comment-of-the-day awards 👍

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Yay!!!

[–] innermeerkat@jlai.lu 19 points 3 days ago

I understand your opinion of sysadmins but they still fit the definition of an IT guy

[–] OR3X@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure Nedry was the engineer. Arnold was systems administrator / operator. Neither were computer scientists.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nedry was literally a computer scientist and systems designer / programmer from Cambridge. Arnold was a theme park engineer (designing rides and control systems; some programming involved but a whole different paradigm than developing large systems).

Source: Have read the novel 50+ times.

[–] OR3X@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

👍

[–] Klear@quokk.au 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, he was always ready to lend a hand.