"Young as possible" is nothing really new. I remember the jokes when I was just out of college, MVS was recently announced. It was joked that companies were looking for 20 year olds with an MBA and 15 years of MVS internals experience for entry level positions. As always, management wants the cheapest labor it can find. They yearn for the good old days of the Greek and Roman Empires and slaves.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J R > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 3:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Assembler programmers wanted > > Part of your problem is that the "truth be told" aside comes > across as *your* editorial, in which case you wouldn't be > just the messenger. > > In any case, for the record, I am as young as possible! (For > my age.) > .. > > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:14:13 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Assembler programmers wanted > > To: [email protected] > > > > Folks: > > > > You're shooting the messenger. I, for one, am not > mystified that anyone > > would want to hire someone who is good at z/OS internals > and isn't 70 > > years old. If that's age discrimination, there you are. > > > > I'm only the messenger, and if someone wants the position > and has enough > > chutzpah to go after it regardless of his or her age, then > good for them. > > > > Sincerely, > > Bob > > > > On 3/19/12 12:57 PM, Mike Shaw wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Robert > Shimizu<[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > >> <snip>... And, truth be told, he wants them to be as > young as possible. > > >> <snip> > > >> Sincerely, > > >> Bob > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Robert W. Shimizu > > >> Partner > > >> ColeSoft Marketing, Inc > > >> > > > Age discrimination Bob, pure and simple... ;-) > > > > > > -- > > > Mike Shaw > > > MVS/QuickRef Support Group > > > Chicago-Soft, Ltd. > > > > > > > -- > > Robert W. Shimizu > > Partner > > ColeSoft Marketing, Inc > > [email protected] > > www.colesoft.com > > (800) 932-5150 > > (928) 771-2005 Fax > >
