Nothing to do with mainframe machines per se, but at various jobs I was assigned to second shift and found it suited me to the ground. I could sleep late, get up and get a leisurely lunch, wander off to work, work until late (I was always a night owl), then come back to my hotel room and watch TV for a while before going to bed when I felt like it. The only thing I missed was prime-time TV, and I didn't miss it much.
I had a contract once with Bell Atlantic (this was back after Ma Bell was broken up but before competition took over) and because I typically worked late anyway they asked me to switch my hours and attend a daily software meeting on behalf of the department; I didn't have much to say, but I could listen and take notes and record any questions my boss would have to answer. It was a large meeting, with thirty or forty attendants crowding into the meeting room and a few dozen more calling in by phone, and the guy who ran the meeting was a master at keeping things on track and on-topic. Started at eighteen-something and ran for an hour or so. So I'd show up for work around eleven, stay until midnight or so, and relax the rest of the time. Not a very stressful job. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Keep clear of concealment -- keep clear of the need of concealment. It is an awful hour when the first necessity of hiding something comes. The whole life is different thenceforth. When there are questions to be feared and eyes to be avoided and subjects which must not be touched, the bloom of life is gone. -Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 13:51 ...loved 3rd shift at the time.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
