I wrote: >...if I were hiring a >z/OS system programmer, and during the interview that person said, "I'm an >excellent z/OS system programmer, but I refuse to have anything to do with >z/OS UNIX System Services," I'd send that person back out the door very >quickly.
Radoslaw wrote: >If I were hiring I would ask about other skills. Nobody knows >everything. Specialization is a good thing. You might have missed some of the nuance in what I wrote. The interviewee, in my hypothetical example, expressed a firm unwillingness to even learn about z/OS UNIX System Services. If I were the interviewer, I would send that person out the door rather quickly and would not call back. I agree that "Nobody knows everything." However, in practically any job, one firm prerequisite is a willingness, preferably eagerness, to learn. Also, in this case we're talking about a z/OS system programmer and z/OS UNIX System Services. We're not talking about a basketball player and aircraft engine maintenance. While I wouldn't expect a z/OS system programmer to know everything, at this point in history (and increasingly so) I would expect him or her to have at least some (increasing) familiarity and competence with z/OS UNIX System Services. I don't know exactly why the original poster asked the question, but I took a guess and assumed it had to do with a "should I learn it?" question. To which I answer, yes, absolutely. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
