On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:54:57 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:49:45 -0500, Mark H. Young ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>... ... It can ONLY >>be a "zero-sum gain" advantage for employers and their bean counters, and >>the bottom line CEOs/CFOs/CIOs and the shareholders, no? >>... > >Huh? I was mostly with you until that last sentence. I think you picked >the wrong aphorism. Yes? > >Who loses when they hire us? >Or are you saying they can empoy one of us or one and a half younsters? >I would like to think that employing those with deep MVS experience helps >us, the empoyer, and and the younger, less experienced newcomers. >(Yup. I'm a dreamer.) > >Or did I completely miss the point you were trying to make? > >Pat O'Keefe Sorry. I was at the end of my rant, it was late, and I wanted to sum up. That phrase was sticking in my mind. I looked up it's meaning on wikipedia, etc. and thought it was appropriate? Maybe not. What I meant was hiring us "MVS veterans" is a Win-Win situation for the employer, company, management, their bottom line, AND the younger folks who work there too. TTFN, Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
