> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > > 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).
Yeah, and "people who can write COBOL are *much* more expensive than people who write Java." -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
