Re: Query: Mainframers look forward and back

2008-11-09 Thread Fran Hensler
(Cross posted to VM and VSE lists) Gabe - Here's my story about managers: I founded the Data Processing Center at Slippery Rock State College in May 1963. We had our first student registration using IBM punched card tabulating equipment for the fall semester. A new freshman did not show up

Re: Query: Mainframers look forward and back

2008-11-09 Thread Jim Bohnsack
Gabe Goldberg wrote: (Sorry for cross-posting...) I'm writing an article for CA about baby-boom mainframers (that's me too, my first job out of college in 1968 was with IBM in Poughkeepsie) about what we're all doing and seeing and facing in our careers. Do people plan to work as long

Re: Query: Mainframers look forward and back

2008-11-07 Thread David L. Craig
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 04:00:03PM -0500, Gabe Goldberg wrote: Do people plan to work as long as they're able? Because of enjoyable jobs? From necessity? For other reasons? Yes. While it IS enjoyable, even the off hours, the main reason is I got caught in the dot.com crash, especially

Query: Mainframers look forward and back

2008-11-06 Thread Gabe Goldberg
(Sorry for cross-posting...) I'm writing an article for CA about baby-boom mainframers (that's me too, my first job out of college in 1968 was with IBM in Poughkeepsie) about what we're all doing and seeing and facing in our careers. Do people plan to work as long as they're able? Because of

Re: Query: Mainframers look forward and back

2008-11-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Query: Mainframers look forward and back (Sorry for cross-posting...) I'm writing an article for CA about baby-boom mainframers (that's me too, my first job out of college in 1968 was with IBM in Poughkeepsie) about what we're all doing and seeing and facing