Gowan Pickering, IBM World Trade Corporation's systems engineering manager for New Zealand (left) talks over a programming problem with systems engineering trainee Rod Turner at the console and typewriter of an IBM System/360 Model 40 computer at the company's test centre in Wellington.
Both Gowan and Rod have B.Sc. degrees in chemistry. Gowan received his academic training at the University of Canterbury and has been with the company during the five years since his graduation. Rod joined IBM eighteen months ago after completing his course at the Victoria University of Wellington. He has already received specialised training at company installations in Australia.