Re: hints and tips and help for Git and GitHub for mainframers

2024-05-24 Thread Mike Schwab
DogeCICS is a live git project you can use. (Linux on iOS or Android, Mocha 3270 lite), Hercules, TK 4- or 5, KicksForTSO, 3270 emulator. On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 8:05 AM Rick Troth <058ff5c2d0a7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > howdy folks ... > > I was asked

Re: hints and tips and help for Git and GitHub for mainframers

2024-05-24 Thread Lionel B. Dyck
I might be able to help you with some that focus on using Git using ZIGI. DM me on discord or direct email. Lionel B. Dyck <>< Github: https://github.com/lbdyck System Z Enthusiasts Discord: https://discord.gg/sze “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is

hints and tips and help for Git and GitHub for mainframers

2024-05-24 Thread Rick Troth
howdy folks ... I was asked this week for help with Git. The target audience is mainframe people. (But I don't expect to be presenting.) I had previously helped this particular group get on-board using Git and GitHub, but that was several months ago. They're again looking at it, so

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred / unable to find linkage stack entry

2024-01-09 Thread Joseph Reichman
IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred / unable to find linkage stack entry On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 at 19:20, Joseph Reichman mailto:reichman...@gmail.com> > wrote: > After getting an abend with SDWAEC2 (different from SDWAEC1) I > observed SDW

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred / unable to find linkage stack entry

2024-01-08 Thread Binyamin Dissen
oing back ward by X'128' a linkage stack entry and was unable to find a marching PSW :> :>THANKS :> :>-Original Message- :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Walt Farrell :>Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2023 1:36 PM :>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred / unable to find linkage stack entry

2024-01-08 Thread Joseph Reichman
Thanks all I did was decrement X’128’ > On Jan 8, 2024, at 10:08 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 at 19:20, Joseph Reichman wrote: > >> After getting an abend with SDWAEC2 (different from SDWAEC1) I observed >> SDWAXFLG to be X'92' that means SDWAEC2 psw came from the linkage

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred / unable to find linkage stack entry

2024-01-08 Thread Tony Harminc
On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 at 19:20, Joseph Reichman wrote: > After getting an abend with SDWAEC2 (different from SDWAEC1) I observed > SDWAXFLG to be X'92' that means SDWAEC2 psw came from the linkage stack > > Looking at the STCB field STCBLSDP I started going back ward by X'128' a > linkage stack

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred / unable to find linkage stack entry

2024-01-08 Thread Joseph Reichman
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2023 1:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred Have you looked at the descriptions of the two fields? >From https://www.ibm.com/d

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2024-01-02 Thread Jon Perryman
On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 12:00:15 -0500, Joseph Reichman wrote: >I am thinking the doc says I can issue CSVQUERY in AR mode I might try to put >SDWAPRIM on my DU-AL > >And and maybe get the name of the PC routine Since this is about updating the CBT generic abend recovery example file instead of

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2024-01-02 Thread Joseph Reichman
Peter I understand you are correct the only way to get that information if I ran the CSVQUERY as an SRB The documentation says Task or SRB Thank you > On Jan 2, 2024, at 10:12 AM, Peter Relson wrote: > >  >> >> the doc says I can issue CSVQUERY in AR mode I might try to put SDWAPRIM

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2024-01-02 Thread Peter Relson
>the doc says I can issue CSVQUERY in AR mode I might try to put SDWAPRIM on my >DU-AL Allowing a service to be issued/called/invoked in AR mode does not imply "the service will pay attention to any access list entry". CSVQUERY processing does not pay attention to any access list entry.

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2024-01-01 Thread Joseph Reichman
Peter thank you Just thinking out loud if I wanted to get infoformation about the load module / pc rtn As the Estae recovery is now running in the home address space and when it is running home=primary=secondary I am thinking the doc says I can issue CSVQUERY in AR mode I might try to put

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2024-01-01 Thread Peter Relson
Joe R wrote Seems that sdwaec2 points to the code in the pc routine while sdwaec1 points the home address space right after the pc instruction wondering if I can always make this assumption As Walt F pointed out, there is documentation about these fields in the assembler services guide. I

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2023-12-31 Thread Joseph Reichman
contain the next seq inst after the abend in the PC rtn in the primary address space Correct ? Thank you -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2023 1:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help Trying

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2023-12-31 Thread Joseph Reichman
Thanks this was a stacking space switch pc rtn > On Dec 31, 2023, at 1:36 PM, Walt Farrell wrote: > > Have you looked at the descriptions of the two fields? > > From https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=us-important-fields-in-sdwa > I see: > > > SDWAEC1 >This field contains the

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2023-12-31 Thread Walt Farrell
Have you looked at the descriptions of the two fields? From https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=us-important-fields-in-sdwa I see: SDWAEC1 This field contains the PSW that existed at the time of the error. SDWAEC2 The contents of this field vary according to the type of

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2023-12-31 Thread Joseph Reichman
kef> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2023 12:46:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred Code would be in the primary address space. On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 12:28:21 -0500

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2023-12-31 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Code would be in the primary address space. On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 12:28:21 -0500 Joseph Reichman wrote: :>Hi :> :>I have a Space Switching PC routine which I caused an abend :> :>This the code that caused it :> :> LLILF 15,X'7000' :> SVC 42 :> :>I don't have a

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2023-12-31 Thread Seymour J Metz
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Joseph Reichman Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2023 12:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred Hi I have a Space Switching PC routine which I caused an abend This the code that caused it LLILF 15

Re: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2023-12-31 Thread Joseph Reichman
ne. Thank you. _ From: reichman...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2023 12:28 PM To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' Subject: Help Trying to determine where abend occurred Hi I have a Space Switching PC routine which I caused an abend This the co

Help Trying to determine where abend occurred

2023-12-31 Thread Joseph Reichman
Hi I have a Space Switching PC routine which I caused an abend This the code that caused it LLILF 15,X'7000' SVC 42 I don't have a ARR covering it However I do a estate in the program that issued PC Instruction to a space switching routine where the above

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Agree, however, it took me less than 2 minutes to add the code for FIELD card. I was responding to the original, however, here's the extra code, OUT2.I = 'RPT FIELD,TABLE,'||Dbname|| VERSION SAY REC.I SAY OUT.I SAY OUT2.I D "EXECIO * DISKW OFILE(STEM OUT. FINIS " "EXECIO * DISKW OFILE

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> I tried this in REXX, more familiar for me than DFSORT. Wayne, Thanks for the REXX code, however, please note that there is additional processing. OP wants to generate 2 different command files and make a copy of the input along with setting a return code if the input file is empty, so

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
I would probably use a 26 char ALPHA string and index into that to avoid the stem variable with the hard coded A to F. or a Hex to Char based on the suffix value Been a while since I saw Datacom/DB dictionary output :) On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 1:13 PM Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > I tried this

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
I tried this in REXX, more familiar for me than DFSORT. My code: Stor = '' ALPHA.1 = 'A' ALPHA.2 = 'B' ALPHA.3 = 'C' ALPHA.4 = 'D' ALPHA.5 = 'E' ALPHA.6 = 'F' "ALLOC F(IFILE) DA('BDB204.OUTLIST(FROM)') SHR REUSE " "ALLOC F(OFILE) DA('BDB204.OUTLIST(TO)') SHR REUSE " "EXECIO * DISKR IFILE

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Don Johnson
Kolusu, thanks once again! This is now complete and working as I had hoped! Have a good evening! Don -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message:

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Ituriel do Neto
I think there is also another option, like below //STEP1  EXEC PGM=ICETOOL                                      //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=*                                           //DFSMSG  DD SYSOUT=*                                           //IN      DD DISP=SHR,DSN=YOUR.DATASET  //TOOLIN  DD *   

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> If the input file has no records to process, I would like to set a return >> code so I can bypass further processing. Is there a way that I can tweak >> this SORT input that you gave me to know if the SORTCMD1 file is empty, and >> set a CC for the step? Don, Yes, we can set a return code

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Cameron Conacher
I believe that NULLOUT might help you here. (OPTION Statement) Temporarily overrides the NULLOUT installation option, which specifies the action to be taken by DFSORT when there are no records for the SORTOUT data set, as indicated by an OUT count of 0 in message ICE054I RC0 specifies

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-09 Thread Don Johnson
Hi Kolusu, I have one question about a situation that just came up. If the input file has no records to process, I would like to set a return code so I can bypass further processing. Is there a way that I can tweak this SORT input that you gave me to know if the SORTCMD1 file is empty, and set

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-08 Thread Don Johnson
Kolusu, thanks...this gave me just what I needed in those files! Have a wonder-filled day! Don -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-08 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> In total, I am trying to create three output files: 1. The command file with UTL COPY (which I have) 2. The command file with RPT FIELD 3. The original input file. Don, It is quite simple. Here is a sample job that will give you the desired results. I assumed that your input has an

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-08 Thread Don Johnson
Well, I found that I could not release 2 records into the Copy from INREC. So here is what I did to produce all the output. Kolusu, if you have an easier way, I would be happy to learn and adapt! This is what I did to get what I needed: //SYSINDD * OPTION COPY

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-08 Thread Don Johnson
Thanks for the tip, Kolusu; it worked great! Now, I was trying to create a second command file, without that last comma and field. For example, the statements you gave me created -UTL COPY,TABLE,B400-TRANHIST(0003),HST0400A and for the second file, I need -RPT FIELD,TABLE,B400-TRANHIST(0003)

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-08 Thread Jay Maynard
I'm getting the distinct impression that DFSORT is becoming a Swiss Army knife for the systems programmer, much like a SAS DATA step is. On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 9:04 AM Sri h Kolusu wrote: > >> Here is my code...can someone help me to get rid of the spaces in the > name, before the

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-08 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> Here is my code...can someone help me to get rid of the spaces in the name, >> before the ( value? Don, You are complicating a simple request. First build Only the fields you need, and you can add the static characters using LEAD on the SQZ operator. Also, you don't

Re: SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-08 Thread Bob Bridges
Since listserv emails are always plain-text (well, at least in my experience), there's no way for you to control the font used at the other end. All you can send are the text characters; the recipient controls what font is used for plain-text emails. For just the reasons you're thinking of I

SORT Help with JFY and SQZ

2023-11-08 Thread Don Johnson
0.. -UTL COPY,TABLE,B400-BRANCH-BLDG(1001),BRN0400A -UTL COPY,TABLE,B400-TRANHIST(0003),HST0400A -UTL COPY,TABLE,B400-TRANHIST(0004),HST0400B -UTL COPY,TABLE,B400-TRANHIST(0005),HST0400C Here is my code...can someone help me to get rid of the spaces in the name, before the ( value? //SYSI

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2023-10-30 Thread Bob Crail
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Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> UBFLAG4 and UMFLAG4 are not recognized as valid names. As far as I can tell, >> the DCOLLECT record descriptors that I am using are the most recent ones on >> the IBM site, even if they are for z/OS 2.1. Any suggestions? Jack, Looks like you have old symbols for DCollect. I will send an

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Jack Zukt
Hi Kolusu, UBFLAG4 and UMFLAG4 are not recognized as valid names. As far as I can tell, the DCOLLECT record descriptors that I am using are the most recent ones on the IBM site, even if they are for z/OS 2.1. Any suggestions? Best wishes Jack On Thu, 7 Sept 2023 at 17:15, Sri h Kolusu wrote: >

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> DFSORT is a magnificent product but I still am in an very early user stage. Jack, Thank you very much. >> You are so right about that. I was waiting for having this right before I >> would attempt that step. I have to do this in small steps. It is quite simple to add it in the existing job

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Jack Zukt
Kolusu, You are so right about that. I was waiting for having this right before I would attempt that step. DFSORT is a magnificent product but I still am in an very early user stage. I have to do this in small steps. Thank you once again for your help Best wishes Jack On Thu, 7 Sept 2023 at 16:33

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> Of course it was that. That is what happens when you copy something so it >> you will not have to write everything from scratch. Jack, Glad to hear that the issue is resolved. I wanted to bring this up yesterday itself. you may want to check if the space values you are getting are indeed

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Jack Zukt
Kolusu, Of course it was that. That is what happens when you copy something so it you will not have to write everything from scratch. I forgot to change that 12 to 8, as I did on the other places. Thank you so much for your help. That is one of those errors that was staring me on the face and yet

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> After tinkering a little bit more, as I was far form satisfied with the last >> result, I managed to get twenty two output records: Jack, Looking at the results, something does NOT add up. Your HLQ is 8 bytes, however you have defined the symbol for it as FMT-HLQ as 12 Bytes. May be the

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Jack Zukt
usu, > > Thank you for you help. > I used one HLQ that has few files, (10 DASD; 1 Migrated; 11 HSM Backup; 22 > DCOLLECT records). > > On my first try it gave me three output records: > ASCLI 0 KB830 KB 0 KB > ASCLI

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Jack Zukt
Hi Kolusu, Thank you for you help. I used one HLQ that has few files, (10 DASD; 1 Migrated; 11 HSM Backup; 22 DCOLLECT records). On my first try it gave me three output records: ASCLI 0 KB830 KB 0 KB ASCLI 16.988 KB 0 KB

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> Now, I hope that you do not mind if I ask you for one more thing. I wanted >> to have one line with the high level qualifier and all the three values but >> instead I am getting three lines for each HLQ. Jack, If you used the updated INREC then you should have gotten a summary record of 1

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-07 Thread Jack Zukt
Hi Kolusu, I knew it must be something simple,I just could not figure it out. Thank you so much for your help and for the explanation. Now, I hope that you do not mind if I ask you for one more thing. I wanted to have one line with the high level qualifier and all the three values but instead I

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-06 Thread Sri h Kolusu
: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 10:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS >> I am doing something wrong because I am getting one output record for each >> input record, instead of the few hundreds I was expecting to get. Jack, If I had to take

Re: Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-06 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> I am doing something wrong because I am getting one output record for each >> input record, instead of the few hundreds I was expecting to get. Jack, If I had to take an educated guess, you are getting an overflow error. Look for ICE152I message in the sysout. I guess you earlier had a

Help on DFSORT SUM FIELDS

2023-09-06 Thread Jack Zukt
II.IIT), C' KB', TMP-UMALLSP,EDIT=(III.III.III.IIT), C' KB', TMP-UBALLSP,EDIT=(III.III.III.IIT), C' KB') /* As usual, your help will be deeply

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-09-01 Thread Jack Zukt
t said, there's nothing wrong with writing tools to eliminate some of > the drudgery. > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Bob Bridges > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 4:50 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Seymour J Metz
. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bob Bridges 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

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Bob Bridges
Well, yes. But when I ~needed~ the work - needed the money, I mean, of course - I sometimes took jobs like that. So even to those recruiters I stay polite. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* The beginning of knowledge is the awareness of ignorance. -Socrates */

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Bob Bridges
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

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Bob Bridges
Yeah, I've noticed the conventions are different for Indian and American recruiters. The Indians want lots of information up front, including my lowest rate before even we've talked about the details of the req. The Americans expect a certain amount of conversation about it first. On the

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Bob Bridges
That's not a recruiter, that's a spammer. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) */ -Original Message- From:

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Steve Beaver
If all of us give them a HIGH rate ($125/HR) when they want to pay $40.HR it does get the point across = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Yesterday I sent this to IBM Mainframe and RACF Discussions (See Below) Evidently several people from Mainframe and RACF groups have begun using

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Michael Watkins
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 4:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help for US Talent CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Texas Comptroller's email system. DO NOT click links or open attachments

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread rpinion865
I have had some off-shore recruiters ask for my SSN and birthdate. You can imagine how far that goes. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. --- Original Message --- On Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 at 10:18 AM, Steve Beaver <050e0c375a14-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Steve Beaver
Yesterday I sent this to IBM Mainframe and RACF Discussions (See Below) Evidently several people from Mainframe and RACF groups have begun using this Little script. I continue to use this script and the off-shore recruiter; Well you can hear them Just die on the phone. They continue on their

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Chuck Kreiter
List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 4:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help for US Talent Am I missing something? Why the interest in making life hard for recruiters? Ok, I'm a contractor so my continued employment depends

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Bob Bridges
When I was contracting on-site I had an Excel workbook that I used to estimate what rate I would want to go live in for a few quarters. The workbook was - well, you know what Scott Adams said? "To a normal person, if it ain't broke, don’t fix it. To an engineer, if it ain't broke it doesn't

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Bobbie Jo Justice
We've all dealt with good recruiters and bad recruiters over the years. Good recruiters will send decent paying remote jobs that match your experience. Bad recruiters will send jobs about 40+ lpars paying peanuts. Then there's always let's work onsite in nyc for 1/4th the salary you'll need to

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Seymour J Metz
...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 3:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Help for US Talent Every time a recruiter calls me I have a sure way get rid of them and increase what they need to pay. They ask me if I'm Steve, and I say yes Then I tell them "Are you calli

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Seymour J Metz
PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help for US Talent I get tons of emails from offshore recruiters. Some are geared toward my listed experience. But there are some that do not come close. The only thing that matches me is the state I live in. Sent from Proton Mail mobile

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-15 Thread Gabe Goldberg
Mostly true. Except when I was leaving my first job at IBM/Poughkeepsie (IBM was great place to start career, but I hated rural POK having grown up and attended college in New York City) I told recruiters to focus on NY and Boston, where I had friends and relatives. A recruiter who didn't

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-14 Thread rpinion865
I get tons of emails from offshore recruiters. Some are geared toward my listed experience. But there are some that do not come close. The only thing that matches me is the state I live in. Sent from Proton Mail mobile Original Message On Aug 14, 2023, 7:32 PM, Bob Bridges

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-14 Thread Bob Bridges
I haven't had any recruiters ask me about forklifts, but yeah, I do get some that just match me up with "something computer-related" and contact me about that. But it occurs to me belatedly that you're talking about phone calls. I don't know what you and I are doing differently, but most

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-14 Thread Grant Taylor
On 8/14/23 3:23 PM, Bob Bridges wrote: Am I missing something? Why the interest in making life hard for recruiters? Ok, I'm a contractor so my continued employment depends on their existence. Still, why? Recruiters aren't a problem if they are /good/ recruiters. As in they pay attention

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-14 Thread Rupert Reynolds
Best bit of recruiter trolling I heard of was when Dylan Beatie created the Rockstar programming language :-) Roops On Mon, 14 Aug 2023, 20:52 Steve Beaver, < 050e0c375a14-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Every time a recruiter calls me I have a sure way get rid of them and >

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-14 Thread Bob Bridges
Am I missing something? Why the interest in making life hard for recruiters? Ok, I'm a contractor so my continued employment depends on their existence. Still, why? If I thought that you normally work under those conditions - $125/hr or outside the US half the time - then of course you're

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-14 Thread Tom Brennan
Very funny, until they go back to their CIO and say, "This platform is getting way too expensive. Time to look at SAP on x86 again." On 8/14/2023 12:52 PM, Steve Beaver wrote: Every time a recruiter calls me I have a sure way get rid of them and increase what they need to pay. They ask

Re: Help for US Talent

2023-08-14 Thread rpinion865
I ask them, as a US citizen with a legal residence in the State of Tennessee, may I work remotely, outside of the USA for at least six months a year? I usually never hear from them again. Sent from Proton Mail mobile Original Message On Aug 14, 2023, 3:52 PM, Steve Beaver

Help for US Talent

2023-08-14 Thread Steve Beaver
Every time a recruiter calls me I have a sure way get rid of them and increase what they need to pay. They ask me if I'm Steve, and I say yes Then I tell them "Are you calling me with a job that pays $125/HR W2 or $210,000 perm?" You hear them fade or die on the other end then I hang

Re: Help -Autyh

2023-07-06 Thread Farley, Peter
GIYF. Does this MS page help: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-feature-pin-reset?tabs=intune Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2023 3:08 PM

Help -Autyh

2023-07-06 Thread Steve Beaver
Ok guys. I know this question does not belong here. But this group has the best general experts. I forgot my Microsoft Authenticator password. Any one How to recover the 6 digit pin? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Mainframe help now available!

2023-06-14 Thread Bob Bridges
I agree. There's too much malicious pleasure in maligning or even just imagining bad bosses. By comparison to the stories I hear, it seems to me I've had more than my share of good ones. Teachers too, by the way, back in high school and college. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336

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2023-06-13 Thread Seymour J Metz
List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 7:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe help now available! I'm reminded of a conversation on a forum a few decades ago about counter-offers. I work at company

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2023-06-13 Thread Bob Bridges
I'm reminded of a conversation on a forum a few decades ago about counter-offers. I work at company A. Company B makes an offer to hire me away, and I accept. Upon giving my notice, company A makes a counter-offer in order to keep me. The ensuing discussion involved a complaint that this shows

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2023-06-13 Thread Bill Johnson
One thing I’ve noticed in 45+ years of working in the corporate world is CEO’s, managers, wealthy people, and anyone else in positions of power are not the smartest guys/gals in the room. The smartest people are the ones who don’t strive to achieve power. Most of the smartest people I’ve met in

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2023-06-13 Thread John McKown
Today's large companies, IMO, are for the enrichment of the CxOs and large stock holders. Some of the attitude today is similar to what caused "lower class" workers to unionize. On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 5:11 PM Phil Smith III wrote: > Bob Bridges wrote: > >I don't know whether it's fair to say

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2023-06-13 Thread Phil Smith III
Bob Bridges wrote: >I don't know whether it's fair to say so, but top management is often >from the older crowd, and in their youth it was much more common for >workers to need the job and feel fortunate to be employed. Nowadays, >at least so it seems to me, many more people have a cussed

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2023-06-13 Thread Bob Bridges
I don't know whether it's fair to say so, but top management is often from the older crowd, and in their youth it was much more common for workers to need the job and feel fortunate to be employed. Nowadays, at least so it seems to me, many more people have a cussed independent streak and feel

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2023-06-13 Thread Bob Bridges
LOL! Years ago I gave an internal customer my estimate on a minor task, and he went to my boss hoping to get a better answer. My boss discussed it with me, and I told him I'd probably have it done in two or three days but that's only if everything went right (and you know how often that

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2023-06-13 Thread Seymour J Metz
Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Crawford Robert C (Contractor) [04e08f385650-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 8:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: Mainframe help now available! I knew a couple of VP's who didn't unde

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2023-06-13 Thread Seymour J Metz
du/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 9:04 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe help now available! Regarding your first paragraph: To be fair to

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2023-06-13 Thread Rebecca Richards
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Rebecca Richards [049eeae74309-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 10:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe help now available! Hi All, This Is Rebecca Richards, my Late Robert Richards who was a contributor on here

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2023-06-13 Thread Seymour J Metz
47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe help now available! Orchestra conductor talking to a violin player: "I know you usually play the violin, but today we need another french horn player. You are a musician. You can do it."

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2023-06-13 Thread Seymour J Metz
List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Rebecca Richards [049eeae74309-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 10:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe help now available! Hi All, This Is Rebecca Richards, my Late Robert Richards who

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2023-06-13 Thread Rebecca Richards
looking to start out as a Systems Operator.  Thanks everyone for your time Rebecca Richards Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, June 12, 2023, 4:13 PM, James FRSolutions wrote: FR Solutions has programs to help find resources or build new resources for organizations in search of Mainframe

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2023-06-13 Thread Crawford Robert C (Contractor)
Nice Sabbath reference. Robert Crawford Abstract Evolutions LLC (210) 913-3822 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bfishing Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 9:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXT] Re: Mainframe help now available! This also

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2023-06-13 Thread P H
June 2023 14:04 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe help now available! Regarding your first paragraph: To be fair to the "Human Resources" moniker, the point when it first became chic was to remind the Personnel department that people, too, are important to the organiz

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2023-06-13 Thread Bfishing
This also fits into an easy game. Name that song: "Treating people just like pawns in chess, wait till their judgment day comes, yeah!" On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 9:47 AM Tom Marchant < 000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Orchestra conductor talking to a violin player: "I know

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2023-06-13 Thread Tom Marchant
Orchestra conductor talking to a violin player: "I know you usually play the violin, but today we need another french horn player. You are a musician. You can do it." -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

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2023-06-13 Thread Bob Bridges
Regarding your first paragraph: To be fair to the "Human Resources" moniker, the point when it first became chic was to remind the Personnel department that people, too, are important to the organization. We don't abuse computers or desks, we don't waste pens or typewriter ribbons, we ought to

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2023-06-13 Thread Pommier, Rex
Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Crawford Robert C (Contractor) Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 7:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXT] Re: Mainframe help now available! I knew a couple of VP's who didn't understand why mainframe folks weren't interchangeable. You

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2023-06-13 Thread Crawford Robert C (Contractor)
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Brennan Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 7:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXT] Re: Mainframe help now available! LOL. When things like the "Project Management Office" became common in maybe the late 1990's where I worked, they

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