tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452305201754783399.post2552690661327991047..comments2024-01-26T02:21:28.213-06:00Comments on BillyJim47's Blog: My Life With Technology - Chapter 1.3Bill Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159747182102348615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452305201754783399.post-22744297244693186212017-07-13T03:48:48.574-05:002017-07-13T03:48:48.574-05:00I was a proof operator in the mid 1980's. We e...I was a proof operator in the mid 1980's. We even had an 803 machine for certain items. I was soon taught everything from filming to balancing runs to going to Clearinghouse. It was the best job I have ever had. Sure do miss those days. I really felt a part of the process and am happy I was able to experience it before technology got so advanced. Thanks for writing this article! ~Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813108752969428277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452305201754783399.post-68900268741569971342015-09-10T16:18:53.349-05:002015-09-10T16:18:53.349-05:00P.S. Our mainframe at that time was a Burrough'...P.S. Our mainframe at that time was a Burrough's B1900.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452305201754783399.post-47157796788385482672015-09-10T16:15:11.267-05:002015-09-10T16:15:11.267-05:00Thank you SO much for writing this. I was also emp...Thank you SO much for writing this. I was also employed for a good number of years at what was then a medium to large sized Savings & Loan Association in Suburban Chicago during the middle to late 1980's. I know that your experiences came a decade or more before mine, but nearly every single process and headache that you described was still the same. The S&L I worked for had 6 branch offices scattered throughout the suburbs and my job also included the daily pickups of checks from each branch office. Hours and hours of travel simply picking up the deposits, then back to the main office where the check processing department itself was located.<br /><br />The final balancing was critical as you described, but it my case it was even moreso because I had to drive these completed and balanced deposits to the Fed in Chicago personally and it was a 30-50 minute burn down the interstate to reach them before their midnight close. How we managed to do this process daily without incident, accident, or a tie being pulled into the reader-sorter, I will never know.<br /><br />Like you, regardless of the labor intensive nature of this beast, I think back fondly and remember this job as one of my most challenging, but personally rewarding occupations. Thank you very much for documenting this for all times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452305201754783399.post-1347873142293308662015-03-02T00:59:35.231-06:002015-03-02T00:59:35.231-06:00I was a "Proof Operator" for many years ...I was a "Proof Operator" for many years at several different banking institutions, starting in 1970, or there about. It was the idea job for a night owl type person, and someone who likes the routine, often called (mundane) type of job. I happen to resist change and found I could only get better and better at my 10 key skills by doing this job. In my opinion it was the best job I ever held. I've had many other jobs, ranging in medical, to banking, to merchandising, and more. I'd do this job for a lives dream if they still did things this way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com