On 28 Apr 2010 07:34:11 -0700, eamacn...@yahoo.ca (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: >>I was told in 1980 that by 1985 all systems would be turnkey and therefore my >>decision to enter into systems programming was a mistake. >Best thirty year >>mistake of my life! :-) > >There are fewer SYSPROGs supporting larger and more systems than back then. >And, there are more unemployed technical people, now. >But, the discipline is going to be around for many more years. >Hopefully, as the older ones vacate the scene, the unemployed will be able to >reverse their plight.
Being technical doesn't make someone a SYSPROG. They need to get hired before the existing SYSPROGs retire, not after. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
