Re: Have that problem here.

Post #115,426 by deSitter 8/26/03 11:40:02 AM Reply	Re: Have that problem here. I would probably move to Minneapolis for stabe employment. Are these frame jobs being replaced? -drl
Post #115,431 by jbrabeck 8/26/03 12:26:00 PM Reply	Just checked. I work for a consulting (body shop) company. Since this is Fiscal Year End, they have no openings. I checked with one of the managers and they said that there "should be" some permanent hires. Union shop. Will follow up if you are interested. Take off line, send me email. [link\|mailto:joe.r.brabeck@usps.gov\|Joe at work]
Post #115,494 by gdaustin 8/26/03 9:57:07 PM Reply	Maybe I should pick up some COBOL books... They were on the clearance rack at Half Price Books for $3 and $1 each. I asked myself, "Glen, why would you want a COBOL book"? Then I went over to the Unix/Linux section. But, you know, I did mainframe once, and I could do it again if it meant that I could keep a stable, long term job at a good salary. They want to send the Unix/Linux to India, fine I'll stay in America and work on mainframes. Glen Austin
Post #115,495 by gdaustin 8/26/03 9:57:56 PM Reply	But Actually, I did mainframe Assembler language for 6 years, so I would probably rather do that than COBOL anyway... Glen Austin
Post #115,504 by deSitter 8/27/03 1:10:49 AM Reply	Re: But Actually, I don't know it well any more (Imric does) but I manifestly grok TSO. And CMS, and VM etc. - it's like, I was from then, wow. -drl
Post #115,930 by jake123 8/30/03 12:24:55 AM Reply	Don't know TSO but it's a plugin API for rexx, which I do manifestly grok. What's the thinking on the future use of that language in the field? --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #115,526 by lincoln 8/27/03 8:30:52 AM Reply	That's a plan They want to send the Unix/Linux to India, fine I'll stay in America and work on mainframes. And that's what I'm doing right now. Couldn't get a job doing VB and SQL (because my past employer wasn't doing dot NET and I had yet to stock up on MS certifications) so I back to my years of experience and am doing Tandem mainframe programming. So far it appears to be the right decision, since the work environment isn't too stressful and the pay and benefits are good. Also, since we do credit card authorizations and approvals for several hundred banks and financial companies, the job appears stable for now. They wouldn't move the jobs to India until they at least built up the telecommunications infrastructure to handle even part of our daily workload (200-300 transacations/second). lincoln "If you're on your deathbed and you haven't got a story to tell, then you haven't lived. - Asa Baber" [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm\|VB/SQL resume] [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/tandem_resume.htm\|Tandem resume] [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]

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