That's not 100% true... "Schools aren't training enough mainfarmers."
There's a program in North Carolina that's teaching TSO, Cobol, JCL, etc... and graduates are being hired by businesses that are using mainframe computer systems. We in south Florida were thinking of offering the same programs... *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(561) 707-3496 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-251* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Eight Consecutive Years* On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Dave Salt <ds...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Schools aren't training enough mainfarmers. ;-) > > Dave Salt > > SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! > > http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > > > > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 02:41:39 -0600 > > From: elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za > > Subject: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > > > News for you aging Sysprogs... :-) > > > > It is not the mainframers who is aging while struggling to get new young > guys/gals into mainframes. > > > > The farmers are also struggling here with this aging thing in South > Africa and United States. > > > > Now read up those links before you retire! ;-) > > > > > http://www.agriculture.com/news/business/is-agriculture-aging-too-quickly_5-ar34746 > > > > http://www.cnbc.com/id/101087391 > > > > etc. Happy reading. > > > > Groete / Greetings > > Elardus Engelbrecht > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > -- * *Good Sports <http://www.palmbeachschools.org/ten/goodsports.asp>: *Covering the best in Palm Beach County School Sports, airing nightly at 7 p.m. on Comcast 234 and AT&T UVerse 99.* *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. * * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN