Bob Shannon wrote: > I had the opposite experience. As a rookie I went to classes all the time.
> Ah, the good old days ;-) Same here, however, as I became a more experienced systems programmer there were less and less useful classes available. There are not a lot of detailed system programmer type classes (maybe because the mainframe is dead). That's where SHARE and other conferences become really useful. You can learn from the experts. Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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