I worked for a couple of years as a DB2 DBA in DC government before and after Y2K.
Around 2003 or so I attended a DB2 conference in Europe. They had some DBA qualification tests. I took a practice test on one of the computers. I failed miserably. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Walker Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest - 5 Jun 2011 to 6 Jun 2011 (#2011-96) I don't often comment here, but I feel motivated to comment about the 'read the manual' comments. I can't speak for OLD IBM manuals, but I CAN speak for current ones. You are inundated in spurious and unnecessary things in all the RIGHT places, but frequently the important information is in very obscure places. AND there is no consistency in where that obscure location is. This is consistent with the typical programmer doc, but still...one can't say reading the manual does anything but tell you where the information you need is NOT at. As such, I've given up on IBM manuals 20 years ago. Can anyone give a class on reading current IBM manuals and FIND info(which you don't already know, I can find THAT)?
