On 15 Sep 2009 07:01:02 -0700, st...@trainersfriend.com (Steve Comstock) wrote:
>> No, most of the Java programmers developed programs for application servers >> before, respectively they're still doing. > >Ah. I ask because Jonathan Sayles, and some others, insist >that long time COBOL programmers can't learn Java. So your >situation doesn't confirm nor deny that. Sounds like a mass >evacuation of experienced staff, either voluntarily or >otherwise. Many managers believe that it's cheaper and easier to hire people who have Java on their resumes than to believe existing employees can learn Java on their own (or to train them). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
