Bill, It's so much more than just colleges. Anybody can download python to their PC and begin writing python in just a few minutes. The same is true for just about every distributed platform operating system and language. When I was 13, I was learning HTML, CGI, Perl, and javascript. In high school, I learned Pascal and QBasic. Neither Pascal or QBasic are flashy or exciting, but I developed a huge passion for programming very early. I would have learned COBOL if I had the capability.
Look at cryptocurrencies. There's nothing really flashy or captivating (other than the monetary aspect) like web or video game development with stunning visuals. The majority of the development and interactions are handled as backend transactions, but young kids are clambering to work on it. It's all about culture and perspective. Thank you, Brian Chapman On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 3:58 PM Bill Johnson < 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > There are quite a few colleges that offer mainframe classes & lots of > young people working on it. Too many have bought the mainframe is dead > idiocy. For decades. The mainframe still processes the vast majority of > important work and will for decades to come, long after most of us here are > gone. > Yes, plenty of kids are doing more “fun” work. It reminds me of 25 years > ago when Microsoft certification was the hot tech. I’ve seen dozens of fads > come and go that didn’t have the staying power of the good old IBM > mainframe. Visual Basic anyone! Oracle was going to replace DB2 said > numerous “experts”. > IBM fanboy > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 3:45 PM, Brian Chapman <bchapma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > In my opinion, it's a shame that it is this difficult to find a free > academic platform for individuals like the one you described. Master the > Mainframe is a great place to start, but it does not go deep enough. > There's a reason why preteens are writing python, javascript, ruby, etc. > IBM needs to change their perspective and culture to encourage > young individuals to the mainframe. > > > > Thank you, > > Brian Chapman > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:55 PM Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. < > supp...@dunnitsys.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I was approached by a university student who wants self study z/OS > > architecture and Assembler - including 64 bit programming - as an > > extra-ciricular activity. The guy is on a shoestring budget. Is there > > anything out there for such an aspiring mainframer? Thanks. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
