I thought programming sounded boring, but I figured an accountant should know something about computers so I signed up for a class. Not boring. I finished my Accounting degree, but I went straight into coding and never looked back.
I agree with the folks who approved of your move. Now that I'm a security analyst, I disliked being required to do repetitive security administration - but I have to admit that doing that work makes me more aware of what tools I can write that really help the admins, at each particular site. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Only a very clever human can make a real Joke about virtue, or indeed about anything else; any of them can be trained to talk AS IF virtue were funny. Among flippant people the Joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to it. -from The Screwtape Letters by C S Lewis */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Gabe Goldberg Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 02:39 ....regarding a point someone else made, once my IBM manager determined that I was going to an IBM customer, not competitor, I was able to work through the long notice I'd given to stop my manager from continuing to try to find a transfer for me. Funny, as I was leaving, more than one person said that was a great career move -- go work for a customer or two, then come back with real-world knowledge/skills, which were too scarce at IBM. I did the first part but forgot to return. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
