Jeffrey D. Smith wrote: [snip]
I, for one, have just about thrown in the towl with respect to finding employment (either regular or contract) as MVS/OS390/zOS product developer. Forget about the so-called "open systems" jobs, like Java or Windows, software development. My last job interview in that line of work was a rude awakening; it was obvious after 10 minutes that they were looking for someone younger and prettier (i.e., not a dinosaur), and definitely looking for someone they could pay not more than $40K/year. I had a similar experience a few years ago when I interviewed at that big employer up in the Seattle-Tacoma area, where all the young employees had private offices and the older employees were driving the shuttle buses. eek! Now that FLEX-ES is all but history, a small-time z/OS developer like me has no choice but to change careers with no safety-net. If any of you are in the same boat, I sincerely wish you the best of luck. Cheers Jeffrey D. Smith Principal Product Architect Farsight Systems Corporation 700 KEN PRATT BLVD. #204-159 LONGMONT, CO 80501-6452 303-774-9381 direct 303-484-6170 FAX http://www.farsight-systems.com/
The frustrating thing is that IBM could have (maybe could even now) changed that. But they messed up. And continue to mess up. But I gotta' be careful what I say because I get flak from some folks here for whinin'. It's just frustration, really. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
