Subj : Re: Synchronet vs. Mystic
To : Kurt Weiske
From : Jas Hud
Date : Tue May 10 2022 11:00 am
|03Quoting message from |11Kurt Weiske |03to |11Jas Hud
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-=> Jas Hud wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
KW>
KW> JH> i don't think there IS a big calling for cobol programmers like they
KW> JH> expected. i know most state's unemployment benefit systems were writt
KW> JH> in cobol.
KW>
KW> Y2K did manage to re-employ tons of COBOL programmers, right when
KW> they were getting ready to retire. My bet would be on RPG as the next
KW> retirement employment opportunity, as IBM has worked to keep the
KW> hardware relevant. You could migrate off of your RPG code onto
KW> virtualized *nix, on the same box.
i heard talk of y2k cobol armageddon but then i was unsure if that ever came
into fruition. my friends in IT never brought it up. i know on the news they
mentioned hiring cobol programmers for short contracts. i am not sure how that
panned out.
KW> Some people don't change. I've seen people that worked swing shifts
KW> swapping tapes, printing out reports and running through maintenance
KW> checklists, right up until they unplugged the last AS/400 and laid
KW> them off. Didn't know what hit them.
KW>
man i miss as400. i could do so much with it. we switched to jdedwards at my
job and had a rough time in transition.
Companies just have stupid people that dont take accountability. they let
things fall apart. some people wouldn't even pull the fire alarm if the
place was on fire.
