>The problem is there is a lot of non-mainframe talents willing to work for
>peanuts.
>Of course there is no single (common) definition of "peanuts" or "talent".
New mainframe talent requires training before they can be somewhat productive
in a
decently set up shop[1]. This too costs money. So you work for peanuts because
you
can't be productive (yet), and because you cost your company a lot of money in
training. Companies are used to this not so new development in IT, that you can
learn to use the newest fad in under a week, which will then be irrelevant 5
years
later. Our sector is too mature for someone to be able to learn everything by
him-
or herself in any reasonable amount of time. To the point where management can't
wrap their heads around the concept of investing in their employees anymore.
[1] In a non-perfectly set up shop you can work on improving very basic things
that
don't require deep understanding of the systems you're working on. So you
can
be productive earlier. I believe this is the best place for new people to
learn.
With many things to improve, you have many chances to learn. And by working
somewhere that follows every best practice, you often don't get to
understand
why something is set up in a certain way.
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