In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/01/2005
   at 07:05 PM, Francisco Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>The times have changed and there is a significant need to  dumb down
> (yeah, I said it) the interface.

I disagree. The time has come to make the interface easier, but not
dumber.

>So back to Tyler and his dilemma  what would you do when looking at
>the current status of the industry and the road ahead? Tyler has had
>a friend who is a Manager of the Technical department for a Unix shop
>begging for him for years to come automate the system, so throw that
>into the mix.

I'd say that he should go for it. The combination of conventional Unix
and z/OS experience should make him more marketable.

>What would you do if you were in Tyler s shoes knowing now what you
>have learned over the years and see ahead in the near and distant
>future?

I'd talk to my boss about the issues that you discussed, and then I'd
talk to the friend.

>Well, Tyler has come to his own conclusion and he isn t jumping ship
>anytime soon. 

That's his decision to make. Time will tell whether it is the right
one.
 
-- 
     Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
     ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> 
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)

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