Today was a bit of a whirlwind! The IT coordinator had me charging about the building to different people on fifteen minute blocks of time so that in the two hour period I was there I met eight different people and saw eight different jobs. My favorite part was talking to a person who managed chat services for SAS internal tech support. In addition to that job, he was running a program that dug through all of the files on one of SAS’s surveys, looking for files greater than a certain size. The program ran past his screen in a blur of black and white text, his eyes occasionally flicking over to see if it was still progressing. It was cool to see how that level of technology was integrated into every part of SAS. After lunch I talked to one of the IT managers. He showed me the various areas of the IT building he’s responsible for, largely under computer research and development. My favorite place was a room where they tested out all the new operating systems to ensure that they run correctly on all the computers SAS employees make use of. The picture I uploaded is only about 1/3 of the computers in the room; that must be a busy place when the updates come out!
