I have been a sys prog or ISV developer for over 45 years. I have always HATED it when someone says "We have always done it this way", or the like. Tell me why the old way is better or why the new way won't work.
We all need to open up our minds to new ideas. Most of the people I work with are half my age, some a third. I always look at what they come up with with a positive how can we make this work attitude. Some ideas do work and some don't and some aren't any better than what exists, but they all deserve the light of day. We can still be grumpy old men, just don't stifle anybody's creativeness and try to be nice to the younger crowd until they get to know you. Chris Blaicher Principal Software Engineer, Software Development Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 P: 201-930-8260 | M: 512-627-3803 E: cblaic...@syncsort.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 1:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Scary Sysprogs On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Nathan J Pfister wrote: > ------------------------ > SNIP___________________________________________ > That said, maybe I was just fortunate that I found my internship and > first post-college job within the Federal Government in which it is > nearly impossible to get fired, thus making change and new > ideas/people not as much of a threat as in private industry. > > Nathan: There are private sector companies that are similar (almost impossible to get fired). The cream does not rise to the top as the good people leave faster than one can get used to. The bad stifles all creativity and what is left is a garbage dump. SO I can only imagine what a government place is like and doubly wanting to stay away from such places. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
