Seymour, Too funny, just 2 sysprogs to do it all. CICS, DB2, 24x7 oncall plus application and operations support.. What is commensurate staff for that? No reply needed, just reliving the past. Thank you for the chuckles.. Best Regards, Doug
. On Jul 30, 2025, at 20:15, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: Nothing wrong with doing everything, as long as the workload is commensurate with the staffing. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Doug <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 8:05 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Well External Message: Use Caution Put me on the list, doing just CICS would be a gravy job compared to doing all hardware, z/VM and z/OS and vendor products to boot.. Doug . On Jul 30, 2025, at 19:12, Pommier, Rex <[email protected]> wrote: What is BCBS in your context? Bourbon County Brand Stout (Goose Island Beer Company)? Blue Cross Blue Shield? Basel Committee on Banking Supervision? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 5:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Well Well the Dam is breaking. I got a call about a CICS Sysprog job and for grins I said $200/Hr W2. Evidently one of the BCBS is now getting very desperate Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
