Well, I am "set in my ways". I am constantly worried about things that the younger, generally Windows, people don't even consider. Things like reliability, backup and recovery, auditability, and so on. Purge "unecessary overhead" to those people. Of course, answering: "We don't keep that information" used to upset auditors. But the current batch of auditors are similar to the PFCSKs in not even knowing that such things are possible.
John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 7:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Article in Information week: Mainframe Programmers Wanted > > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 09/17/2005 > at 09:34 AM, Bill Fairchild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >(3) too set in his ways (more age discrimination; younger people > >really do learn new things faster, in general, and are more willing > >to learn; shame on me - my age discrimination is showing; I prefer > >to call it reality); > > Ob Hotspur: regardless of what you prefer to call it, it > isn't reality. There are far to many of what I call "young > fogeys"; people who are set in their ways without the excuse of age. > > -- > 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) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
