Sometimes you have to do something boring that is not your responsibility because you're the only one they trust to do it right and they can't afford for it to be done wrong.
That said, there's nothing wrong with writing tools to eliminate some of the drudgery. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 4:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help for US Talent 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
