> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Anne & Lynn Wheeler > > > Howard Brazee writes: > > It seems that more and more, systems programmers either find some > > old-timer to mentor them or they have to shoehorn themselves into > > positions to learn their jobs on their own. > > > > Companies don't want to train them. Same thing with CoBOL or PL/I > > programmers. > > and how did the old timers learn their jobs?
They _invented_ them. :-) -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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