Well, it used to be an exclusive profession until something happened...
today, we can enjoy the company of the clickers / twitchers and the tamagotchis. I have not seen an advertisement in Europe for a "classic" z/OS - z/VM - z/Linux - CICS systems person without Websphere / Java / Tamagotchi bolt-on requirement since the early 2000's. Call it a sea-change or whatever, I cannot see things improving, despite IBM's University initiative etc. - too late. SUN have been there (The uni's) years before IBM. JC On Wed, October 18, 2006 17:40, Eric N. Bielefeld wrote: > I apply to almost every real systems programmer job posted on Monster, > careerbuilder, and Dice, which on average is about 3 jobs a week. Most > places, you never hear from. So far I've had one out of town interview. > There are systems progammer jobs out there, but there must be a lot of > people applying for each job. I am willing to move almost anywhere in the > US, and if I have to I would pay my own moving expenses. I've been off > work for almost 6 months now. By the way, the vast majority of jobs when > searching for Systems Programmer are not what we think of as systems > programmers. > > Eric Bielefeld > Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer > Milwaukee Wisconsin > 414-475-7434 > John Cassidy (Dipl.-Ingr.) Berninastrasse 9 8057 Zuerich Europe Telephone: +41 (0) 43 300 4602 Mobile: +41 (0) 79 207 3268 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.JDCassidy.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
